Europe ‘fragmented’, looks ‘lost’ facing Trump

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said yesterday that Europe was “fragmented” and looked “lost” while facing fresh challenges from US President Donald Trump, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

“Instead of becoming a truly global power, Europe remains a beautiful but fragmented kaleidoscope of small and middle powers,” he said, adding: “Europe looks lost trying to convince the US president to change.”

He also said the documents being drafted with Washington aimed at ending the nearly four-year Russian invasion are “nearly, nearly ready”.

“We met with President Trump, and our teams are working... ending this war are nearly, nearly ready,” Zelensky said.