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UK Flips on Oil Sanctions. EU Scrambles to Find Negotiator to Face Putin
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- The Duran on Odysee
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- May 21, 2026
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The Duran: Episode 2525 Europe is scrambling to find someone to negotiate with Putin, and the names on the table, including Angela Merkel, Mario Draghi, and Kaja Kallas, reveal just how thin the EU's diplomatic bench truly is. Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris break down the UK's stunning reversal on Russian oil sanctions, Keir Starmer's humiliating apology to Zelensky, and the uncomfortable truth that the entire British political class has openly placed Ukraine above the wellbeing of its own citizens. Is Europe now searching for a negotiator because it knows it is losing, and is there a single leader left in the West qualified enough to sit across from Putin and Lavrov? 00:00:00 Introduction: Europe searches for a Russia negotiator 00:00:29 UK pauses oil sanctions: Starmer's quiet reversal 00:01:04 Conservative backlash and Labour splits over the pause 00:01:39 Starmer apologizes to Zelensky and reverses the reversal 00:02:32 Starmer's record: Ukraine's biggest champion in Europe 00:04:16 Britain's energy crisis and the cost of living squeeze 00:05:02 US military pullback from Europe and NATO concerns 00:06:52 West Streeting exposed: Ukraine over British citizens 00:13:08 The negotiator search: Merkel, Draghi, Kallas evaluated 00:14:07 Does the winning side scramble for a negotiator? 00:15:38 Four years of demanding Russian capitulation 00:16:44 Why Europe is now sensing it is losing 00:20:34 Why none of the candidates can actually negotiate 00:22:22 Europe has no Schroeder, no Chirac, no Kohl 00:24:07 Closing thoughts: no strategy, no qualified negotiator ***THE DURAN SHOP*** https://theduranshop.com ***REVERSE GEAR SHOP*** Athleisure with Style https://reversegear.shop/ ***THE DURAN COMMUNITY ON LOCALS*** https://theduran.l…