Georg Henrik Wrede

I love coffee,  especially espresso, and can drink quite many during any day, given the opportunity. Coffee is uniting people as the Estonian artist Tommy Cash (or TOMM¥ €A$H) said in his introduction to the performance at Eesti laul 2025 on Saturday, February 15th. I sincerely hope he will do well in the Eurovision song contest (ESC). Taking time to enjoy music was a much needed break during the weekend that otherwise did not serve any treats for Europe.

I am thinking of the Munich Security conference (MSC), where there seemed to be a lack of coffee judging from the reports. Not too much unity and joy coming out from all the talking judging from another Estonian, Kaja Kallas the head of European Union’s foreign policy.

On Friday Kaja Kallas commented on a speech by U.S. Vice President JD Vance at the Munich Security conference, and said it felt as if the United States was ‘trying to pick a fight’ with Europe. “Listening to that speech, they try to pick a fight with us and we don’t want to a pick a fight with our friends.”

The reporting has, as far as I have seen, been quite worrisome and even alarmist.  A fair part of that can probably be attributed to the needs of media to create headlines that gets “klicks”. Worrying and negative news are what you need for klicks. And there had been reports about more sincere talks behind closed doors, than can be judged for the speeches delivered.

But even given this bias, the news were not that great. Exactly how an alliance shattered by insecurity and lack of trust between its members is a strong opening bid for negotiations is a mystery. It takes the art of the deal to see that.

As a person who cherishes the good relations between  we  and Europe, I surely needed a lot of coffee to make it through this weekend. Mr Trump seems to be oscillating between moments of success and chaos, and now the politics of not only US but also the world is also following this dance. MSC seems to have been the latter. However, we have seen that the movements are fast and changing. Actually, like in the dance by Tommy Cash in his performance.