European leaders seek show of unity in wake of Trump victory
EPC talks in Budapest to discuss Ukraine, migration and global trade may reveal stark divisions within bloc
European leaders have sought to project unity, calling on Donald Trump to maintain US support for Ukraine and avoid a damaging trade war when he returns to the White House for a second term likely to prove a major challenge for the continent.
Meeting in Budapest for two days of talks hosted by Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, a Trump supporter, the EU’s 27 heads of state and government were joined on Thursday by 20 other leaders from the wider European political community – including the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the UK’s prime minister, Keir Starmer, and Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy
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