Ketrin Jochecová

1 month ago | politico.eu | Ketrin Jochecová |Veronika Melkozerova

KYIV — Ursula von der Leyen on Monday opened the door to Ukraine joining the European Union before 2030 — within her current term as European Commission president. Welcoming Ukraine into the EU once its war with Russia is over could help deter Moscow from future aggression — which is more important than ever given the United States’ reluctance to allow Kyiv to join NATO or to provide soldiers for a postwar peacekeeping force.

2 months ago | politico.eu | Ketrin Jochecová |Andrew McDonald

French President Emmanuel Macron will meet Donald Trump in Washington Monday, both the Elysée and White House confirmed, making him the first European leader to travel to the U.S. capital since Trump’s inauguration. Macron narrowly edged out U.K. leader Keir Starmer, who is visiting Washington on Thursday. Trump “talked to President Macron of France repeatedly last week. President Macron convened European leaders and then is coming here on Monday.

2 months ago | politico.eu | Ketrin Jochecová |Veronika Melkozerova

KYIV — Divisions flared in Kyiv on Thursday, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree sanctioning a former president and several wealthy businessmen. Chocolate baron and former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, a political opponent and longtime nemesis of Zelenskyy, was sanctioned on suspicion of “high treason” and assisting a terrorist organization — prompting criticism and allegations of a “politically motivated” witch hunt.

Jan 21, 2025 | flipboard.com | Zoya Sheftalovich |Ketrin Jochecová

7 hours agoA version of this article originally appeared in Quartz’s Need to Know: Davos newsletter. To get updates on the World Economic Forum delivered straight to your inbox all week, sign up here. Day One at the World Economic Forum’s Swiss mountaintop gathering was all Donald Trump, all the time. As the …

Jan 21, 2025 | politico.eu | Zoya Sheftalovich |Ketrin Jochecová

DAVOS, Switzerland — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy took aim at Europe in a fiery speech delivered at the World Economic Forum on Tuesday, saying the continent “needs to step up” and “learn how to take care of itself so the world can’t ignore it.”Speaking the day after Donald Trump was inaugurated as United States president, Zelenskyy contrasted the strength of Washington with what he called the weakness of the EU.