EU citizens, according to a poll, want peace to stop Russian sanctions, which include convincing Kyiv to accept conditions to enable peace.
The European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) last Wednesday stated there is less interest in supporting Ukraine and continuing economic sanctions against Moscow.
Conflict Could End If Kyiv Concedes
The bloc's thrust in pushing against Russia and propping up Volodymyr Zelensky's regime is no longer a priority; in the poll, it should be the Ukrainians giving up concessions.
Acting tough on Russia and the trade-offs are less attractive because it will be bloc nations paying for it, even justice for Ukraine no much of a concern as well, RT reported.
The survey was done in the middle of May in 10 European countries in which the respondents were classified into four specific groups; on how the end would be for the crisis there.
Most respondents wanted peace and an end; it was 35%, with those seeking justice at 22%, wanting to see Vladimir Putin lose. Another 20% of swing voters want to revenge but are wary of risks, and 23% were in the rest category, cited the Press United.
Many EU citizens are getting tired of Kyiv's relentless rants as the fight seems to get bigger, this drives high food and energy costs as a direct cause of Russian sanctions. More wanting peace will increase and divide Europeans further.
Brussels Follows the US Despite Incoming Problems
To combat this, it is suggested that leaders in Europe should use swing voters to ease out peace seekers.
One strategy to keeping unity to support Ukraine is to use escalatory fears and reinterpret it as a defensive struggle against Russian aggression instead of referencing victory and beating Russia.
More dominant are those who want a ceasefire in all countries by Poland and want to beat Russia. In Italy, more than 50% wanted peace, the only nation. The UK had peace and justice at a stalemate (22% and 21%) with swing votes at 32%, dominantly in Britain, noted Fars News.
A fact in the poll is that Europeans point at Russia, who started it, and it blocks attempts at a ceasefire, that is not the case. Still, all three groups want to help Ukraine with aid, NATO, and EU memberships.
A no-fly zone is unacceptable to the peace group, which included sending more NATO forces to Eastern Europe and a big no to Ukraine joining NATO, also stopping sending more arms to the Ukrainians by spending. Slow Zelensky is starting to be a bitter pill for many bloc citizens.
This issue of supporting Ukraine has divided the EU; Poland, Romania, Germany, and Italy are a confused mess; although the Poles are against Moscow.
Yet it seems the authors of support Ukraine are intent on supporting their proxy war against Moscow, instead of accepting that Ukraine is unwanted by a majority of bloc citizens, their governments have tunnel vision.
There is too much going on as the two many opinions about the Ukraine conflict abound, but many realize the EU bloc will suffer just like Moscow and Kyiv. There are many concerns, from using nukes to immigrants, that the bloc brought on itself by listening to the Biden administration.
EU citizens favor peace, by the war hawks in NATO and Brussels have other ideas while hurting themselves with Russian sanctions even more.
