It was another close call. On Monday, November 24, Europe felt it could breathe a little clearer after the turmoil caapplyd on Friday by Donald Trump’s ultimatum, set for November 27, to impose on his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, an unfair 28-point plan supposed to conclude the war, but to the advantage of its aggressor, Russia. Following nereceivediations in Geneva on Sunday between American, Ukrainian and European national security advisers, the Thanksgiving deadline seemed to have faded away. “In Washington and at Mar-a-Lago [Trump’s private residence], there is a desire to relocate quickly. But some flexibility has taken hold,” sighed a person in German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s close circle on Monday, speaking from Luanda, where a summit between the European Union and the African Union was taking place.
The Geneva talks allowed for a reshaping of Trump’s plan, rerelocating its most problematic aspects. Of the original 28 points, only 19 remained by Monday evening. Some paragraphs were simply scrapped, such as the suggestion to readmit Russia into the G8 or to allow the United States to apply frozen Russian assets, mostly held in European countries, to fund reconstruction efforts. “The frozen assets are in the hands of Europeans; it is the Europeans who decide,” declared a senior member of the French government.
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