Europe unites: Ministers plan visit to engage with Trump
The foreign ministers of France, Germany, and Poland are planning a joint visit to the United States to demonstrate unity following the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump. According to the Politico portal, the delegation is still in the planning phase, and the date of the visit has not yet been set.
The planned visit was confirmed by three EU diplomats in a discussion with Politico. As one of them conveyed, the joint visit of ministers from three European Union countries—France, Germany, and Poland—aims to "show of European unity."
The German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, French Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, and the head of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Radosław Sikorski, along with the Head of EU Diplomacy, Kaja Kallas, are set to travel to the US.
Caution towards Trump's policies
European Union leaders have expressed a desire to cooperate with Donald Trump's administration, but they approach some of his pronouncements with caution. Among these are threats to impose high tariffs on trade and the idea of annexing Greenland, which is an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.
The visit aims not only to show unity but also to express readiness for dialogue with the new US administration. As diplomats emphasize, this is an important step in building transatlantic relations in the face of new political challenges.
