US EditionMacron says Europe will need to engage with Putin if US peace talks fail
Macron warns Europe risks exclusion from peace talks and supports a €90 billion EU loan to Ukraine to prevent a budget crisis amid stalled US-Russia negotiations.
- On Friday, French President Emmanuel Macron said Europeans and Ukrainians should prepare to engage directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin if US-led peace talks fail and urged finding the right framework to re-engage in coming weeks after the European Council summit in Brussels.
- After the summit, EU leaders agreed to lend Ukraine 90 billion euros backed by the bloc's own budget after legal and political objections blocked using frozen Russian assets.
- U.S. officials said efforts to secure a peace deal have gathered pace under U.S. President Donald Trump while European capitals have largely been sidelined, with talks planned in Miami and Kirill Dmitriev set to visit again.
- Resuming top-level contacts would mark a significant shift as Vladimir Putin offered no compromise on Friday, while European leaders aim to prevent Kyiv’s insolvency next year amid security concerns.
- Given four years of severed contact, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said `This is what Putin is hoping for, the combination of some kind of war fatigue with a hybrid war that brings a lot of uncertainty and insecurity into our societies`, highlighting war fatigue and hybrid war obstacles to EU re-engagement.
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Positive signs regarding renewed talks are emerging from the Kremlin. According to Moscow, discussions in the US have also been "constructive." News on the blog.
Macron says Europe will need to engage with Putin if US peace talks fail
Europe will have to re-engage in direct talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin if the latest U.S.-led efforts to broker a Ukraine peace deal founder, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday.
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