
As Europe Eyes Talks With Putin, Brussels Risks Being Sidelined
Calls for renewed diplomatic engagement with Moscow are exposing tensions between national capitals and Brussels over control of European foreign policy.

Calls for renewed diplomatic engagement with Moscow are exposing tensions between national capitals and Brussels over control of European foreign policy.

Alexander Stubb said it is unlikely Moscow would directly test NATO’s Article 5.

“We cannot leave Ukraine and Volodymyr alone with these guys,” Finland’s President Alexander Stubb said during the call, referring to U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.

Merz said he doubted any agreement could be reached by the November 27 deadline set by Trump, while the Turkish president announced he would be talking to Putin on Monday.

Finnish President Stubb advises pressuring Moscow with sanctions on its current trading partners.

Alexander Stubb: We in Europe must take care of our own part in NATO. Finland is “a security provider, not a security consumer.”