๐ช๐บ๐บ๐ฆ๐ท๐บ๐บ๐ธ European leaders fear that Putin will pressure Trump to support a peace solution that will not only weaken Ukraine but also European security as a whole, according to the AP news agency.
As the agency notes, Europe fears that a peace process supported by the United States will leave European countries on the sidelines. This makes them look for a special representative who can participate in the negotiations.
"The candidacies of several senior officials and politicians in the European Union have been proposed, but an agreement has not yet been reached. The exact nature of the representative's responsibility is also unclear, and this issue is controversial," the article states. At the same time, according to the agency, European leaders do not trust US President Donald Trump to lead the negotiations on their behalf, following a series of disputes related to trade, Greenland, as well as the wars in Iran and Ukraine.