Warsaw (Brussels Morning Newspaper) – Polish PM Donald Tusk to meet with European leaders to discuss transatlantic partnership, Ukraine war, and future support.
The future of assistance to Ukraine is among the primary questions facing the European Union after Donald Trump’s U.S. election victory. Trump has decried the level of U.S. support for Ukraine’s fight against Russia’s invasion, and before the election pledged to end the conflict before even taking office, without explaining how.
What is Tusk’s agenda for meeting European leaders?
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is to meet with France’s president, Britain’s prime minister, the head of NATO, and leaders of Nordic and Baltic nations soon to discuss transatlantic partnership and the war in Ukraine, he said.
“There is no suspicion that this new political landscape is a serious challenge for everyone, especially in the context of a potential end to the Russian-Ukrainian war as a result of an understanding between, for example, the president of Russia and the new president of the United States,”
Tusk stated.
“…in the coming days, we will very intensively coordinate collaboration with countries that have a very similar view on the geopolitical and transatlantic situation and crisis in Ukraine,”
he added.
What role will NATO play in Tusk’s discussions?
Moreover, Tusk expressed French President Emmanuel Macron and NATO head Mark Rutte would visit Warsaw soon and he would have a meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer either in Warsaw or in London. Tusk will also assemble with Nordic and Baltic leaders in Stockholm. “Everything will, of course, be in the context of new challenges facing our homeland, the entire area, the European Union and the Western community,” Tusk stated.
He restated what he said before the U.S. election: no matter the result, Europe has to take greater responsibility for its own safety and Ukraine’s future cannot be determined without Ukraine.
