The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and other European leaders, such as The German Friedrich Merz, the Frenchman Emmanuel Macron, the Italian Giorgia Meloni and the British Keir Starmer, They will travel to Washington this Monday with the Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelenski, to meet with US President Donald Trump, as confirmed on Sunday the European head.
“This afternoon I will welcome (Zelenski) in Brussels. Together we will participate in the coalition of the willing,” Von der Leyen said through a message on social networks, and added that “at the request of President Zelenski, tomorrow I will join the meeting with President Trump and other European leaders in the White House.”
The announcement of Von der Leyen followed the cascade communications of the German Foreign Ministry and the French presidency informing the trips of their respective leaders, Merz and Macron. The Finnish President also confirmed shortly afterwards, Alexander Stubb, as well as the Italian Meloni and the British Starmer. Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Finland and Poland, have formed the EU partners group that act as they act as Lanza head in support from Ukraine. Shortly after
Yesterday a videoconference for this Sunday had been announced among these leaders to define the strategy to continue with the objective of ‘clothing’ to Zelenski in his new trip to Washington. There will also be a consultation round with the so -called volunteer coalition, the group of Western allies that support kyiv, among which is Spain.
“On the German part, there is a great interest in achieving a rapid peace agreement,” Merz spokesman Stefan Kornelius said in a statement. The conditions for this, according to the German government source, are Security guarantees for Ukraine and for Europe as a whole and support to kyiv to “defend against Russian aggressions.”
Merz, who last Wednesday received Zelenski in Berlin to participate together in the videoconference between European leaders prior to the meeting in Alaska between Trump and Vladimir Putin, has reacted moderately optimistically to the results of the meeting between the leaders of the superpowers. In statements to German public television, the chancellor considered that a Quick peace agreement can be even better than a high fire And he admitted that, at least, Alaska did not emerge territorial “concessions” to Russia. The Italian Giorgia Meloni, Como El Británico Keir Starmer, They are the ones who have shown more enthusiasm their support for Trump’s efforts, while Macron has insisted that the pressure on Russia should be maintained.
The set of European leaders from these six countries, together with the coalition of volunteers, agree that there can be no negotiation on territorial matters ‘behind Ukraine’s back’. They have also offered to facilitate a meeting between Trump, Putin and Zelenski.
