The European Union is facing a diplomatic humiliation.
Russia says it will never talk to the European Union's foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas.
This explosive claim comes from Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, just days after the first round of three-way talks between the US, Russia, and Ukraine.
In this episode, we decode:
Is the EU and Kaja Kallas being deliberately locked out of peace talks?
And has Europe made itself diplomatically irrelevant?
About Kaja Kallas: EU Foreign Policy Chief’s Engagements and Criticisms
Kaja Kallas is the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission.
She previously served as Estonia's first female prime minister from January 2021 until July 2024.
Before entering politics, Kallas was a lawyer specializing in European competition law.
She has also been a member of the European Parliament from 2014 to 2018.
In January 2026, Kallas participated in discussions regarding a landmark free trade agreement between India and the EU, which she welcomed as a milestone for trade, security, and cooperation.
She also urged India to play a greater role in ending the Ukraine war due to “existential threats” from Russia.
Additionally, Kallas discussed the need to implement the Gaza ceasefire deal and ensure humanitarian aid flows with the Egyptian President, and signaled potential EU support for President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace if it focused on Gaza.
Perspectives
Criticism of Kallas’s leadership and proposals
The Gateway Pundit described Kallas’s tenure as EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs as a “train wreck” and suggested her “stupidity and fanaticism” threaten Europe’s vital interests.
Russian lawmaker Vasily Piskaryov stated that Russia has sufficient evidence of crimes by Ukrainian authorities and their backers to hold a tribunal against EU officials, including Kallas, citing her “Russia hate” as bordering on fanaticism.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced that Russia would refrain from discussions with Kallas, intending to wait out her term, viewing dialogue with her as futile.
Internal EU criticism and Kallas’s general views on global affairs
Kallas reportedly expressed private frustration with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s authoritative approach, with a senior diplomat citing Kallas as viewing von der Leyen as “a dictator.”
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico called for Kallas’s replacement, comparing the EU to a massage parlor and diagnosing it with systemic failure, stating that the path out of this “deep crisis” requires “new leadership and new ideas.”
During a private meeting with European Parliament leaders, Kallas joked that the bleak state of global affairs could be a “good moment” to start drinking, despite not being much of a drinker herself.
Kallas has criticized US tariffs on European allies, stating that such measures threaten economic prosperity on both sides of the Atlantic and benefit adversaries like China and Russia
Our Notes
Those following our Promethean Updates series know this…
The EU and NATO are no longer the leverage for future actions, globally as well as within the European continent - Trump has attained that leverage full-heartedly, with SoS Marco Rubio assisting
Trump’s building and production solutions have been embraced by the warring countries that Trump has brought to peace - the EU, meaning Ursula von der Leyen and not Mark Rutte of NATO, desiresto keep the war machine going, especially in Ukraine
The summation of NATO’s and Trump’s stance on peace has forced the EU’s hand, and a growing number of EU Parliament members either don’t want to talk to the EU or want out.
Ursula von der Leyen has been slowly losing control of the EU, and this may be the tipping point to the end of her reign; her 5-year term ends in 2029.
With how things have been falling apart lately, we suspect she may be removed or will resign from her position later this year or early next.
