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I want to believe that the United States will remain at our side. But we must be ready if that is not the case.”
As the French president, Emmanuel Macron, put it in his highly patriotic address on Wednesday night With Trump only putting pressure on Ukraine to negotiate, no questions have been asked of Putin’s terms for a deal, and no pressure has been applied on him by the White House. It is outrageous,
European diplomats complain We will know very soon if the US has set its face against helping Europe, and what its explanation is
said one European diplomat Macron was probably right in his talk of European strategic autonomy. We have wasted seven years not building a European defence capability, and now we must make up for lost time,
admits one rueful western diplomat We see that it is not only Russia and the axis of evil trying to destroy the world order, but the US is actually destroying it completely.”
My absolute priority will be to strengthen Europe as quickly as possible so that, step by step, we can really achieve independence from the U.S.A.,
he said in his first post-election interview We need more European defence, and if one or two countries do not want to share that view, I think that the others should go ahead as much as they can. And that is what I am advocating for,
Frieden said before the meeting in Brussels It is very important that we make sure that Ukraine does not have to accept a dictated peace but that it is a just and fair peace that guarantees [Ukraine’s] sovereignty and independence,
My meetings in France confirmed that while we may disagree on the modalities of peace, we do agree that we must strengthen the defence capabilities of European nations.”
After a meeting with Macron in France on Wednesday, Orban took to X to state All we hear is … there’s a strong Russian opposition of the idea of NATO countries being involved in a stabilisation force or peacekeeping force” as Russian forces are still trying to seize territory
We must choose for ourselves a peace option that will suit us and that will ensure peace for our country in the long term,
Europe as a whole is truly capable of winning any military, financial, economic confrontation with Russia. We are simply stronger,
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said What we have in terms of nuclear involvement, … I don’t think that should be given up.”
Asked to comment on France’s offer, Scholz said Make America Great Again appears to be morphing into Make Europe Great Again,
he told Al Jazeera, referring to Trump’s campaign slogan We don’t need anything else, but we won’t give up our own,
There is always a fear that this is all, from the Russian perspective, just a very convenient way of providing a smokescreen for their continued desire to push forward on the battlefield,
There’s a real fear that the US could step away and leave Europe vulnerable to Russian aggression,
It’s very important you made a strong signal to the Ukrainian people,
Europe faces a clear and present danger, and therefore, Europe has to be able to protect itself, to defend itself. We have to put Ukraine in a position to protect itself and to push for lasting and just peace,
This summit represents a pivotal moment for gauging the trajectory of Europe's standing and influence in the context of the Ukraine crisis,
said Li Haidong, a professor at China Foreign Affairs University
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