At the last leaders’ summit of the year, the 27 have reinforced their support for kyiv and have announced that they will allocate 30 billion euros in aid in 2025.
Zelensky, who hopes to be able to reach an agreement with Donald Trump, demands an urgent EU pact with the United States. France has proposed a peace mission that would involve the deployment of some 40,000 European soldiers on Ukrainian soil, but Pedro Sánchez has already ruled it out.
Scholz and Trump agree on the need to end the war in Ukraine soon
The German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, spoke by telephone this Thursday with the American president-elect, Donald Trump, with whom he agreed according to Berlin on the need to achieve a just peace in Ukraine as soon as possible.
“The two agreed that the Russian war against Ukraine has already lasted too long and that now it is about reaching a path to a just and lasting peace as soon as possible,” a Scholz spokesman said in a brief statement.
The central topic of the conversation was the challenges for security in Europe, according to the note.
“The chancellor reiterated again that he will maintain support for Ukraine in its defense against the Russian war of aggression for as long as necessary,” the spokesperson concluded.
