With no new diplomatic initiatives, European leaders are struggling to secure a seat at the table as the Continent’s fate appears to be in other capitals' hands.
European Union leaders are preparing a joint statement underlining the bloc's support for Ukraine’s territorial integrity and the need for Kyiv to be at the table of any talks on its future ahead of a meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in Alaska.
The European Union is on the beach for most of August. No European Parliament plenary sessions, council meetings or committee gatherings. In short, nothing much is discussed, let alone decided on these weeks.
This week, RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak drills down on two major issues: Ukraine’s wobbly week and Iceland’s flirting with EU membership.
The US and EU have narrowly avoided a full-blown trade war following a framework agreement reached in Scotland on July 27. While the deal has averted sweeping tariffs and retaliatory measures, critics argue it heavily favors Washington, leaving the transatlantic relationship on uncertain footing.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa will meet with the Chinese president and prime minister in Beijing on July 24 in what is expected to be a tense summit with the war in Ukraine and a potential transatlantic trade war looming large.
EU foreign ministers are set to rubber stamp an agreement to impose sanctions on people and entities the bloc deems guilty of “actions destabilizing" Moldova, where Russia still wields massive influence and maintains more than 1,000 troops in the separatist Transdniester region.
The Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braze told RFE/RL in an exclusive interview on July 4 that “Russian can go on for a while” in its war against Ukraine as it is “cannibalizing all the civilian economy and prioritizing everything around the battlefield”.
Thousands of people are set to defy a government ban by participating in the Pride march in Budapest, Hungary's capital, on June 28.
This could have been a momentous week in Ukraine’s long-term wish of joining the European Union and NATO. In the end, it wasn't.
EU leaders head to Brussels for a crucial summit facing internal divisions over Ukraine’s EU bid and Hungary’s veto. Diplomacy on Iran and new Russia sanctions are also on the table, with enlargement momentum hanging in the balance.
The European Commission has presented new sanctions against Russia to the 27 EU member states, highlighted by a lowering of the cap on the price of Russian oil, as the bloc looks to find a unanimous agreement on the measures before the end of the month.
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