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Recent developments and this different view of things from the United States now oblige us not only to face the truth, but to move at a very high speed and implement decisions that we have been discussing for long,
Politicians in times of crisis, we talk in all kinds of configurations among friends and allies, and that’s a good thing,
said Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski The security concerns of the Europeans will have to be taken into account,
There’s an ideological dimension to this group, post-Munich,
said Luuk van Middelaar, founding Director of the Brussels Institute for Geopolitics We are outside the core of the EU’s functioning,
When a crisis hits, you always get formal or informal inner circles,
Europe can no longer fully rely on the United States to defend our shared values and interests.”
The leaders of the center-right European People’s Party, the Socialists and Democrats, the liberal Renew Europe and the Greens declared We were not fully satisfied with the wording of the assessment of the United States in the text … Now is the time for calm, measured dialogue and a focus on pragmatic solutions.”
A spokesperson for the European Conservatives and Reformists group, which includes Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party, explained why it didn’t sign the joint statement We now have an alliance between a Russian president who wants to destroy Europe and an American president who also wants to destroy Europe,
another European diplomat observed in recent days, declining to be identified discussing sensitive matters This War is far more important to Europe than it is to us,
Trump wrote on social media Ukraine’s security is Europe’s security,
He wants Europe to take more responsibility for its security to strengthen NATO,
Nothing will stand in our way because we are Americans,
The reality is this current crop of Republicans regard Russia and Ukrainians as sort of equal,
Trump’s statements are not intended to be historically accurate but to shock Europeans into action,
We also agreed that the leaders of European institutions will announce how European defence will be strengthened in the coming days,
We must convince the United States that Ukraine cannot lose this war,
the Finnish president said It is clear that any deal on Ukraine that doesn’t involve Europe will fail,
EU policy chief Kaja Kallas told Fox News Digital from South Africa Europeans need to help by being in the background of those negotiations, saying, If this doesn't work, we're going to take further action that you're not going to like. Now, that's a very uncomfortable thing for Europeans to do, but it's very necessary.”
The UK is unique in that it’s practically the only major ally that Trump hasn’t purposefully antagonized since his inauguration,
said Anand Sundar, a special advisor at the European Council on Foreign Relations
