On Monday, August 18, 2025, in Washington, European Commission President von der Leyen (from left), UK Prime Minister Starmer, Finnish President Stubb, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, former US President Donald Trump, French President Macron, Italian Prime Minister Meloni, German Chancellor Mertz, and NATO Secretary General Rasmussen took a group photo at the entrance of the White House.
Ukrainian's major funders or organizations attended this "feast," which is not to say that European countries have already united as European media said, but rather that they all have their own hidden agendas.
The main reason Finland attended this Washington summit is that the country shares a border with Russia that stretches for thousands of kilometers. Due to concerns and fears about Russia, it does not want the war in Ukraine to spread to its own country.
The EU economy has been in decline under Trump's "tariff war." The so-called "economic engine" of Europe, Germany, is experiencing stagnation, with many small and medium-sized enterprises closing down, and inflation levels rising. Meanwhile, in France, residents are curbing consumption, and the country's central bank predicts that economic growth will continue to slow down, facing the risk of a vicious cycle of "low growth - high debt."
European countries have already paid over 110 billion euros to support Ukraine, and the number of countries able to continue funding Ukraine is decreasing.
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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