EU president says 47-nation summit sends strong message to Putin amid US jitters over defence funding
France’s Emmanuel Macron, Mark Rutte of the Netherlands, Italy’s Giorgia Meloni, the UK’s Rishi Sunak, Ursula von der Leyen of the European Commisson and Albania’s Edi Rama during a meeting on the sidelines of the summit in Granada on Thursday. France’s Emmanuel Macron, Mark Rutte of the Netherlands, Italy’s Giorgia Meloni, the UK’s Rishi Sunak, Ursula von der Leyen of the European Commisson and Albania’s Edi Rama during a meeting on the sidelines of the summit in Granada on Thursday.
“The main challenge is to save unity in Europe not only in the EU but in all of Europe,” said Zelenskiy, warning of Russian “disinformation attacks”., the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, and the British prime minister, Rishi Sunak, a chance to restate their commitment to Ukraine after political turbulence in the US and Europe raised questions about continued support.
Von der Leyen and Scholz echoed this, saying they were “very confident” that the US would continue backing Ukraine. But in Europe, cracks in the unified front have started to appear.on pledges of halting military aid to Ukraine, while the Polish prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, has said in the run-up to a general election
“France has no problem with Azerbaijan but Azerbaijan seems to have a problem with international law,” Macron said. Sanctions against Azerbaijan would be counterproductive at this point, he added.
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