European Union foreign ministers to meet on Wednesday in Warsaw for two days of informal talks focused on the bloc’s changing relation with the U.S. and the ongoing war in Ukraine.
The return of Donald Trump to the White House at the beginning of the year has significantly changed the political winds in the EU.
After steadily increasing trans-Atlantic trade, the EU has become a target of Trump’s unpredictable trade policies.
The bloc still hopes to resolve a conflict over currently suspended additional tariffs on EU imports to the U.S. worth billions through negotiations.
The fallout from the U.S. administration’s U-turn on support for war-torn Ukraine is also on the agenda.
EU ministers are expected to discuss how to strengthen Ukraine’s position ahead of possible peace talks and how to increase pressure on Moscow.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha is expected to debrief EU ministers on the latest on Russia’s war.
British Foreign Secretary David Lammy is to join his EU counterparts on Wednesday as the rapid geopolitical shifts help reconcile relations roughly five years after the UK left the bloc.
Talks with Lammy were expected to focus on cooperation on defence and security issues ahead of an upcoming EU-UK summit in London later in May.
Foreign ministers of EU candidate countries were invited to take part in the talks on Thursday focused on security and hybrid threats. dpa/NAN)
