Astonishing unanimity. I feel deeply uncomfortable being on the same side as, for example, the ECR group (Polish Law and justice, Spanish Vox, Brothers of Italy... no longer the UK Conservatives, sadly) or Identity and Democracy (French RN, Vlaams Belang, AFD etc)

I listened to all the political groups. Manon Aubry for GUE/NGL was the nearest thing to a bleating pacifist : Diplomacy, you can't win peace through war, etc...

Best speaker was Philip Lamberts for the Greens (1:53); but I would say that, wouldn't I?

_{It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue - Queen Elizabeth II}

Light relief at 2:55 from Uhrik, a Slovak Nazi (not affiliated to an EU group!) who gets in a couple of punches about OK let's defend Ukraine, "where was the EU when the US invaded Iraq etc..."

Bloody hell, I agree with him too!

_{It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue - Queen Elizabeth II}

Giggles at 3:00 with Bernard Guetta (French Macronist MEP) and, yes, brother of the world famous (apparently) DJ, David

"Vous avez perdu, Monsieur Putin!" repeated half a dozen times with a new talking point at each iteration.

He's a journalist, and he used to be the "Geopolitics" specialist on public radio, when I listened to it 20 years ago. Pure flashback.

_{It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue - Queen Elizabeth II}

outflank US Congress outflank TRUMP's NATO bargain basement summit

We are stepping up our support for Ukraine.

For the first time, the EU will finance the purchase and delivery of weapons and equipment to a country under attack.

We are also strengthening our sanctions against the Kremlin.
https:/t.co/qEBICNxYa1

— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) February 27, 2022

https:/www.dw.com/en/western-arms-supplies-for-ukraine-how-are-they-getting-there/a-60959864, illustrated

As EU treaties do not allow it to tap into its normal budget for military purposes, the bloc is activating a vehicle called the European Peace Facility, which allows it to provide military aid up to a ceiling of €5 billion.
[...]
The US is also stepping up its shipments and providing an additional $350 million (€313 million) in military assistance, including Javelin antitank missiles, Stinger anti-aircraft missiles, small arms and ammunition. That brings the total of US military aid to Ukraine to $1 billion over the past year and to more than $2.5 billion since 2014.

Trump, EU's Tusk Spar Over Defense Spending Ahead Of NATO Summit, July 2018

archived Europe Council, Ukraine signs key agreement with pro-Russia separatists, Yanukovych v EU Council + Sweden v UNODA, Three Seas Initiative summit in Warsaw, PESCO, Trump calls out Germany over the Euro