A version of this article appears in print on , section a, page 18 of the new york edition with the headline Europe faces “crunch time” on the war in ukraine, a former european president said, as it battles internal division, russian threats and u.s Europe, too, is worth fighting for
Order reprints | today’s paper | subscribe European union leaders with volodymyr zelensky of ukraine and president trump at the white house in august. After putin’s chilling threat, is europe ready for war with russia
Reynolds looks at how both armies and. Europe, too, is worth fighting for • provided europeans want to fight for it • front page • one news page Europe’s populations are readier to fight than they are often credited
The problem isn’t their lack of will, but elite pessimism about it The question now is whether europe will act on this preference “maybe we should thank jd vance for so bluntly attacking europe because europeans got a sense that trump is coming after them as well,” former ukrainian foreign minister dmytro kuleba told politico “in paris, he literally said, ‘don’t try to compete with us on ai.
Would anyone show up to fight The “peace project” at the heart of the continent has worked rather too well
