The United States demands that Europe be given a seat at the negotiating table on Ukraine. Politico. The protracted and sometimes perverted disputes between European governments on the question of who should represent their interests in the peace negotiations for Ukraine have taken on special relevance. US officials say Donald Trump's emissaries are pressuring Russia to get Europe to join the next round of talks. Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff in Abu Dhabi will push for direct European involvement. European governments and EU institutions may not have much time left to decide who they want at the negotiating table on their behalf. Kushner and Witkoff intend to speed up the pace of negotiations and are pushing for this week's meeting to be the last without full European participation, the same sources said. The question of who will speak for Europe - and whether Ukraine's European allies should even negotiate with Putin - is deeply divisive. EU leaders will discuss the issue at an informal summit in Dublin later this week.