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I am glad that the (Polish) Prime Minister @donaldtusk will go on Monday at the invitation of the President @EmmanuelMacron to a meeting of European leaders. We need to show our strength and unity,
Sikorski later said on Twitter
President Trump has a method of operating, which the Russians call reconnaissance through battle. You push and you see what happens, and then you change your position, legitimate tactics. And we need to respond,
Sikorski saidI’m very glad that President Macron has called our leaders to Paris,
Sikorski said
We need to show our strength and unity,
Sikorski said in a post on social media2025 really is a make-it-or-break-it moment for Europe,
said Brzeski
I could sense at the (conference) that the future transatlantic partnership will face many challenges,
Wu saidThis is Europe's moment to accelerate and execute,
he saidEurope must use the potential for transatlantic tensions to get its act together and start working on necessary internal market reforms and boost European innovation and competitiveness,
Peterson Institute for International Economics commented in an opinion pieceA complacent shrug or a knee-jerk response to any soundbite coming out of the White House or Mar-a-Lago won't be enough. Europe needs to take back control of its own destiny,
Carsten Brzeski, the global head of Macro for ING Research, warned in an article published in JanuaryWe know how quickly tariffs can affect essential transatlantic supply chains,
said von der Leyen, reiteratingUkraine and Europe must be part of any negotiations."
On Wednesday, a joint statement by multiple European countries and the European Commission statedIt is imperative that the EU diversifies its trade relations and forges new partnerships with countries of the so-called Global South,
said the reportWe cannot change that. We must accept that and deal with it,
he saidIf American democracy could survive 10 years of Greta Thunberg attacks, then you guys can survive a few months of Elon Musk.”
At one point, he said
Ukrainians have a right to be at the table, whether or not we go back to pre-2014 is a legitimate question. That that wasn't involved in this conflict,
he saidI wouldn't recommend any Democrats go over there to try to tell European leaders things are going to be all right,
he saidMake no mistake, my friends, these are dangerous times, but you should not count America out, and we should not and we should not count each other out,
he saidThe Vice President didn’t make any threats. He simply stated the fact that no one is going to take options away from President Trump as these negotiations begin,
communications director William Martin wrote on social platform X
NATO is a very important military alliance, of course, that we're the most significant part of,
Vance told Rutte
I think we're not sufficiently grasping the extent to which our world is changing. Both our competitors and our allies are busy accelerating,
Haddad told broadcaster France Info on Thursday