Ibhalwe nguNiamh Ni Bhriain, i-openDemocracy, Mashi 4, i-2022
Ezinsukwini ezine ngemuva kokuba iRussia ihlasele i-Ukraine ngokungemthetho, umongameli weKhomishini yaseYurophu u-Ursula von der Leyen kumemezela ukuthi “ngokokuqala ngqa”, i-EU “izoxhasa ngezimali ukuthengwa nokulethwa kwezikhali… ezweni elihlaselwayo”. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngaphambili, wayenakho limenyezelwe I-EU izoba "inyunyana eyodwa, umfelandawonye owodwa" ne-NATO.
Ngokungafani ne-NATO, i-EU ayiyona inhlangano yezempi. Nokho, kusukela ekuqaleni kwale mpi, ibilokhu ikhathazeke kakhulu ngezempi kunokuxhumana. Lokhu bekungalindelekile.
The Isivumelwano saseLisbon inikeze ukusekela okusemthethweni kwe-EU ukuthuthukisa inqubomgomo efanayo yokuphepha nokuvikela. Phakathi kuka-2014 no-2020, enye imali engu-€25.6bn* yemali yomphakathi ye-EU yasetshenziswa ukuqinisa amandla ayo ezempi. Isabelomali sika-2021-27 sisungule i-a Isikhwama Sezokuvikela saseYurophu (EDF) ecishe ibe ngama-euro ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-8, imodelwe ezinhlelweni ezimbili ezandulelayo, okwathi ngokokuqala ngqa yabela i-EU uxhaso ekucwaningeni nasekuthuthukisweni kwempahla yezempi emisha, okuhlanganisa nezikhali eziyimpikiswano kakhulu ezithembele kubuhlakani bokwenziwa noma izinhlelo ezizenzakalelayo. I-EDF iyingxenye eyodwa yesabelomali sokuvikela esibanzi kakhulu.
Ukusetshenziswa kwe-EU kuyinkomba yokuthi ihlonza kanjani njengephrojekthi yezepolitiki nokuthi izinto ezibalulekile zilele kuphi. Phakathi neminyaka eyishumi edlule, izinkinga zezombangazwe nezenhlalo ziye zaxazululeka ngokwandayo kwezempi. Ukususwa kwemishini yokusiza abantu eMedithera, kwathathelwa indawo ama-drones asezingeni eliphezulu futhi okuholela 20,000 abaminza kusukela ngo-2013, kuyisibonelo esisodwa nje. Ekukhetheni ukuxhasa impi, iYurophu iqhube umjaho wezikhali futhi yalungiselela isisekelo sempi.
Iphini likamongameli we-EC kanye nommeleli ophezulu wezindaba zangaphandle kanye nenqubomgomo yezokuphepha uJosep Borrell wathi Ngemva kokuhlasela kweRussia: “Enye inzondo isiwile… ukuthi i-European Union ibinganikeli ngezikhali empini.” U-Borrell ukuqinisekisile ukuthi kuzothunyelwa izikhali ezibulalayo endaweni yempi, ezixhaswe yi-EU Isikhungo Sokuthula. Impi, kubonakala sengathi, inokuthula ngempela, njengoba uGeorge Orwell amemezela ngo-'1984'.
Izenzo ze-EU azigcini nje ngokungabi nasibopho esikhulu, kodwa futhi zibonisa ukuntuleka kokucabanga okunobuhlakani. Ingabe lokhu ngokwethembeka kungcono kakhulu i-EU engayenza ngesikhathi sobunzima? Esiteshini € 500m ngezikhali ezibulalayo eziya ezweni elineziphehlisi zenuzi eziyi-15, lapho izakhamuzi ezibuthiwe kufanele zilwe nganoma iyiphi indlela ezinakho, lapho izingane zilungisa khona ama-molotov cocktail, nalapho uhlangothi oluphikisayo lubeke amandla alo okuvimbela izikhali zenuzi ngokuqapha okukhulu? Ukumema amasosha ase-Ukraine ukuthi athumele uhlu lwezifiso zezikhali kuzobhebhethekisa amalangabi empi kuphela.
Ukumelana okungenabudlova
Izingcingo ezivela kuhulumeni wase-Ukraine kanye nabantu bakhe bezofuna izikhali ziyaqondakala futhi kunzima ukuziba. Kodwa ekugcineni, izingalo zihlala zandisa futhi zibhebhethekise ukungqubuzana. I-Ukraine inesibonelo esiqinile sokumelana nobudlova, okuhlanganisa I-Orange Revolution kwe 2004 kanye Maidan Revolution ka-2013-14, futhi kukhona kakade izenzo ze ukungabi nodlame, ukumelana nezakhamuzi okwenzeka ezweni lonke ukuphendula ukuhlasela. Lezi zenzo kumele zaziwe futhi zisekelwe yi-EU, okuze kube manje egxile kakhulu ekuzivikeleni kwezempi.
Umlando ukhombise kaningi ukuthi ukuthela izikhali ezimeni zezingxabano akulethi uzinzo futhi akubambi iqhaza ekumelaneni ngempumelelo. Ngo-2017, i-US yathumela izikhali ezenziwe eYurophu e-Iraq ukulwa ne-ISIS, kuphela lezo zikhali ezifanayo. bagcine sebesezandleni zabalwi be-IS empini yaseMosul. Izikhali ezihlinzekwa yinkampani yaseJalimane emaphoyiseni aseMexico awela ezandleni zamaphoyisa kamasipala kanye neqembu lezigelekeqe eGuerrero State futhi asetshenziswa ekubulaleni abantu abayisithupha kanye nokunyamalala ngenkani kwabafundi abangu-43 ecaleni elaziwa ngokuthi i-Ayotzinapa. Ngemuva kokuhoxa okuyinhlekelele kwamasosha ase-US e-Afghanistan ngo-Agasti 2021, amanani abalulekile wobuchwepheshe obuphezulu. Izimpahla zamasosha aseMelika zathathwa amaTaliban, okuhlanganisa izindiza ezinophephela emhlane, izindiza, nezinye izinto zokusebenza ezivela esikhungweni sezempi sase-US.
Umlando ukhombise kaningi ukuthi ukuthela izikhali ezimeni zezingxabano akulethi uzinzo
Kunezibonelo ezingenakubalwa ezifanayo lapho izikhali zihloselwe injongo eyodwa futhi zigcine zisebenzela enye. I-Ukraine kungenzeka, ngokubuka kwe-Europe, ibe yisibonelo esilandelayo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, izingalo zinesikhathi eside sokuphila. Lezi zikhali cishe zizoshintsha izandla izikhathi eziningi eminyakeni ezayo, zibhebhethekise ezinye izingxabano.
Lokhu kuwubudedengu nakakhulu uma ucabangela isikhathi - ngenkathi abamele i-EU behlangene eBrussels, izinhlaka ezivela kuhulumeni waseRussia nase-Ukraine zazihlangene ukuze kube nezingxoxo zokuthula eBelarus. Ngemva kwalokho, i-EU kumemezela ukuthi izosheshisa isicelo se-Ukraine sobulungu be-EU, isinyathelo esingagcini nje ngokuvusa inkanuko eRussia, kodwa ezifundazweni ezihlukahlukene zaseBalkan osekuyiminyaka zifeza ngenkuthalo izidingo zokungena esikhundleni.
Uma bekukhona ngisho ithemba elithulile lokuthula ngeSonto ekuseni, kungani i-EU ingazange icele ukuthi kumiswe ukulwa ngokushesha futhi ikhuthaze i-NATO ukuthi yehlise ubukhona bayo e-Ukraine? Kungani ibukele phansi izingxoxo zokuthula ngokushintsha imisipha yayo yezempi futhi imise igunya lezempi?
Lesi 'sikhathi sokuchitheka kwamanzi' siwumvuthwandaba weminyaka ukunxenxa izinkampani yimboni yezikhali, eyazibeka ngokuhlelekile kuqala njengochwepheshe okuthiwa uzimele ukwazisa ukuthathwa kwezinqumo kwe-EU, futhi kamuva njengomzuzi lapho imali empompi iqala ukugeleza. Lesi akusona isimo esingalindelekile - yilokho kanye obekufanele kwenzeke.
Izinkulumo zezikhulu ze-EU zizokhombisa ukuthi zithathekile wukushuba kwempi. Baye bahlukanisa ngokuphelele ukuthunyelwa kwezikhali ezibulalayo kusukela ekufeni okuwumphumela nokubhujiswa abazokubangela.
I-EU kufanele ishintshe izifundo ngokushesha. Kufanele iphumele ngaphandle kwepharadigm esifike lapha, futhi ibize ukuthula. Izibalo zokwenza okuhlukile ziphezulu kakhulu.
*Lesi sibalo safinyelelwa kuso ngokwengeza isabelomali seSikhwama Sezokuphepha Kwangaphakathi - Amaphoyisa; Isikhwama Sokuphepha Sangaphakathi - Imingcele kanye neVisa; isiKhwama sokukhoseliswa, ukufuduka kanye nokudidiyelwa; ukuxhaswa ngezimali kwama-ejensi wezobulungiswa e-EU kanye nezindaba zasekhaya; izinhlelo zamalungelo, ukulingana kanye nobuzwe kanye ne-Europe for Citizens; uhlelo locwaningo lwe-Secure Societies; Isinyathelo Sokulungiselela Ocwaningweni Lwezokuvikela kanye nezinhlelo Zokuthuthukiswa Kwemboni Yezokuvikela YaseYurophu (2018-20); umshini we-Athena; kanye Nesikhungo Sokuthula sase-Afrika.
