The European Union held a summit in Dublin, today, to discuss who will represent the EU at the talks on Ukraine—despite the fact that no seat has been guaranteed for the EU. In fact, Russia has made its views known forcefully, arguing that Europe has done nothing but sabotage the peace process at every turn.

Politico writes, “The EU is united over the need to have a seat at the table as Ukraine’s main backer, but not on who it should send, with diplomats and officials telling Politico that the bloc has split into at least three camps. In one, there is growing support for European Council President António Costa, whose role makes him the natural candidate to represent the bloc. In another, there’s France and Germany, both of which are reluctant to surrender their own places at the negotiating table to Brussels. And then there’s the loneliest camp of all, the backers of Kaja Kallas. The bloc’s top diplomat would be the obvious pick, if not for her hawkishness on Russia, which some diplomats say could put off the Kremlin and make her a liability.”

Outside of Germany and France, Costa is “the most broadly acceptable candidate among EU capitals,” according to a European diplomat, because of his institutional role, his being a former Prime Minister of Portugal, and his perceived neutrality on hot issues facing the EU. “Kallas, however, is a much more divisive proposition,” Politico writes, citing one diplomat saying she is “probably the worst person you could pick.”