Delusions of grandeur: France, Ukraine and the limits of EU power

Jan 9th 2026 7:04am EST

Western Europe’s Paris summit was essentially the politics of wishful thinking The reason is unclear, but Ukraine’s supporters entered this week’s Paris meeting of the so-called coalition of the willing in a state of near-euphoria. Fresh from the spectacle in Venezuela, they convinced themselves that Donald Trump could be persuaded to do far more than merely […]

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