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Merz Says Five European Countries Could Represent Europe in Ukraine Peace Talks with Russia

European leaders chose a joint negotiating team as they seek a stronger voice in U.S.-brokered talks and avoid being sidelined by Moscow and Washington.

  • On Friday, the European Union announced it will send a diplomatic team to Ukraine peace talks, including representatives from the EU and five members of the "coalition of the willing": the U.K., France, Germany, Italy, and Poland.
  • European leaders distrust U.S. President Donald Trump to negotiate on their behalf after tense standoffs over trade and Ukraine. French President Emmanuel Macron warned Thursday that "without Europeans, there is no support for Ukraine."
  • While governments from the U.K. to Ukraine agree Europe must participate in negotiations, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni warned that lacking a "united European voice" encourages uncoordinated diplomacy that undermines collective interests.
  • U.S. envoy Jared Kushner and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed Europe would join the next round of talks, with Kushner stating, "We cannot conclude this deal without the Europeans being at the table."
  • Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin urged a final decision on representation within the next two weeks, as Ukraine seeks to prevent talks from remaining solely in the hands of a U.S. administration perceived to lean toward Moscow.
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At the Dublin Summit, Kallas humiliated: she ran as a negotiator, the leaders rejected her. The neighboring of Italy works, even if she passes Merz's idea: at the table there will be the E5, Rome included. Melons: "Supered fragmentation" . Remains the stalemate on the EU task. The article To talk with Putin will go five countries comes from The Truth.

European Union (EU) leaders agreed on Friday that Europe would be represented in future talks on Ukraine by Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Poland and EU institutions, although Russia refused to commit to giving Kyiv's supporters a seat at the negotiating table.

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Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Poland will represent Europe with the European Union in the future peace negotiations in Ukraine, announced, Friday, the President of the European Council, Antonio Costa, quoted by AFP.

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Confirmed the format used in Abu Dhabi with two extra chairs. Skip for now the hypothesis of the unique spokesman. But the Kremlin maintains the ambiguity

·Rome, Italy
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rbc.ua broke the news on Thursday, November 12, 2026.
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