On February 9 and 10, their leaders discussed a number of contentious issues for the Alliance, none of which could easily be resolved in a way that was more or less acceptable to all.
Immigration policy reform has stalled for years, and there has been no reason for European capitals to agree on the growing influx of immigrants.
The second issue, no less complicated, was the subsidization of so-called green companies that are losing out to their US and Chinese competitors, generously fed by their governments.
Regarding them, no agreement was reached on whether or not to inject money into the industry, and the G-27 could only offer long-term commitments.
The third key topic at the congress of European leaders was military aid to Ukraine, personally represented in Brussels by President Vladimir Zelenskyy, and anti-Russian sanctions.
Brussels officials gave a heroic salute to the Ukrainian visitor, who came to demand more money and weapons, this time fighter jets and longer-range missiles than before.
The meeting lacked complete unity of position, however, as warnings were slammed, according to European media, that ever-deepening divisions between EU nations would be a perceived triumph for the enemy, which Brussels said was unacceptable.
In it, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban tried to convince his colleagues of the dire consequences of continuing the current war-mongering policies of the community for the region and especially for his country, but apparently not everyone was listening to him.
While the head of the Estonian government, Kaja Kallas, who has not given up hope of taking over the position of head of NATO in the future, in turn asked for European capital to send arms and ammunition to Ukraine, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev demanded that called for peace in this nation.
Contrary to an earlier decision by the Bulgarian Parliament, the President spoke out against arms sales to Ukraine, saying that such sales were like putting out a fire with petrol.
One of the main outcomes of the summit was agreement on a statement on measures to control gas prices.
The summit participants decided that it is necessary to accelerate and intensify the adoption of measures to reduce the demand for energy resources in the region, ensure security of supply, avoid consumption rationing and ensure the reduction of their prices.
As reported, a concrete package of additional energy measures must now be presented by the Council of the EU (ie the responsible ministers of the bloc countries) and the European Commission.
With these goals, the European regulator proposed introducing a new benchmark for the liquefied natural product, a maximum price and mandatory joint fuel purchases for European companies.
According to analysts, the topic was highly topical in these two days given the prevailing economic crisis in the vast majority of member countries.
At the end of the summit, European leaders took photos with the President of Ukraine, shook hands, and patted each other on the back, but made no specific promises.
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