In the event that Trump and Putin is placed, Europe tries to show some courage – Channel 4 News

May 20, 2025

The European Union and the United Kingdom announced other sanctions against Moscow and did not wait for Washington’s inputs. Does the European Union find its voice after Trump’s shadow?

“My whole life is like deals. One big deal. If I think President Putin does not want to end with it, I will not talk about it.”

Donald Trump believes that there is an area to maneuver after his two -hour phone calls with Vladimir Putin regarding the war in Ukraine.

He proudly announced the beginning of the “Towards a ceasefire” and until he spoke of the Vatican city of Ukraine and Russia’s hosts. It is clear that he is already thinking on his way forward: from photographs and symbolism – even the opportunity of the Nobel Peace Prize?

But Mr. Sane Maker was making a larger deal than reality, not surprising. The United States, the European Union and Ukraine want a temporary stop for 30 days in the fighting, which Putin still did not agree-once he is ready to work on a “memorandum on a possible peace agreement in the future.”

Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed that Putin was simply trying to buy time, with foreign ministers and defense of the European Union, who are not affected by the Russian leader, saying that all parties needed to show a “compromise” but not appear any of this himself. Today, the European Union and the United Kingdom announced other sanctions against Moscow.

In the event that Trump and Putin is placed, Europe is clearly trying to show some lifting. They did not wait for Washington’s inputs on these new sanctions – and European leaders also advance a new and more aggressive position against Israel and its actions in Gaza. Does the European Union find its voice after Trump since the beginning of the year?

They may feel comfortable after Dan, supporter of the moderate European Union or Ukraine, easily against the far -right nationalists and former football writers George Simon in the election of Romania to the president last week. European Union flags flew in Bucharest, but Simon had a warning in defeat. He said: “We may have lost a battle, but we will definitely not lose the war,” as he and the Kremlin threw doubts in the elections, given that the first presidential elections were canceled by the Constitutional Court because of the alleged Russian Moscow interference.

The next battle for Europe is located in Poland, where the mayor of Warsaw will face on June 1, the mayor of Warsaw, the center, Rafale Tizzusky, against nationalist Carole Noruki. Trzaskowski won on Sunday in the first round, but only with distress, and given many right -wing candidates who did not make the next round, Noruki hopes that these voters will flow.

“We are not only the confrontation line, but we are the other side of the currency of Ukraine.”
– Salome Zourabichvili

With all the eyes on these elections, many have forgotten the continuous situation in Georgia, where anti -government demonstrations and supporters of the European Union took place daily since last year. “We are not only the confrontation line, but we are the other side of the currency of Ukraine,” Salome Zurabishvili, the fifth president of Georgia, told Channel 4 News.

She left the position last year, but claims to be replaced and the current administration is illegal due to the alleged Russian intervention in the elections last October.

In Georgia, Russia is testing an alternative strategy for military intervention (after the invasion of Georgia in 2008). One of Russia’s goals, even through the Ukraine war, is control

“Georgia’s experience is to know whether you can also control democratic tools. This means that you use elections, use advertising, use new technologies, and artificial intelligence. This is not costly. These are the things that the old KGB leader may understand better than military affairs.”

“I think time is not the right time to silence because we are really a test. Russia is looking.”
– Salome Zourabichvili

Last year’s vote began with a new prime minister and president, as the previous European Union’s joining talks are suspended. Thus, the most famous protests since then, with Zurabishvili’s attempt to support support abroad. She talks about frustration that the European Union does not notice Georgia more.

“I think the European Union should be more clear in its policy towards Georgia. Basically, we have been silent. I know that sometimes when there is no clear policy, they prefer to be silent. I think the time is not silent because we are in fact a test. Russia is looking.

The warning is not just one about democracy. Modern satellite photos showed that the Russians are strengthening their military infrastructure near the Finnish border. The concern of many in Belcik and through Eastern Europe was that everything that happens in Ukraine will eventually restore its ranks and hold along the eastern side of NATO.

President Zelinski today accused Putin of his time in the war. What is waiting for? Other hybrid war tactics to carry fruits in European elections – or even cause more turmoil in the Baltic Sea? It is worth noting that the new Russian sanctions today aim to focus on the “shadow fleet” in Moscow from oil tankers that have been accused of destroying the underwater energy cables in recent months. Or is Putin simply preparing for a favorable agreement in Ukraine that already allows him to take the battle to NATO?

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