Editorial: El País

• There is discomfort and deception among the chancelleries of the European Union due to Trump revealing that he had spoken with Putin about the Ukraine war.
• The solution proposed by Trump is what Putin has wanted, implying that Ukraine should assume it is going to lose part of its territory.
• Ukraine would become a buffer territory between Russia and the EU, with its sovereignty in question and under threat of Russian expansionism.
• Trump informed of his intentions first to Putin and then to the Ukrainian president, without previously consulting with his European allies.
• United States no longer acts as an ally of Europe.
• Europe cannot accept its future being negotiated behind its back between the United States and Russia.
• The peace that Trump and Putin seek cannot be fair nor lasting, as it will be imposed.

Conclusion: The European Union must assume its strength and use it boldly to defend Ukraine's freedom and the security of the continent, rejecting negotiations behind its back. The last word on the future of Ukraine should be Ukraine's.

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