British Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner said on “Good Morning Britain” that her boss Keir Starmer “won’t be derailed by announcements from the White House” because he is “laser-focused on getting peace.”
“President Trump is a different politician to me and different to Keir [Starmer], but the one thing I have seen is that our prime minister, Keir, is able to have that constructive dialogue, and he will do that, and he has a huge amount of integrity, and he won’t do it on the airwaves,” she told broadcasters.
Frans Timmermans, former EU climate chief and current leader of the Dutch Labor-Green alliance, called the move “reckless.”
“Unbelievable. With this reckless action, Trump is putting the security of Ukraine and the rest of Europe at risk. This is not a peace strategy; this is bowing to Putin. It is up to Europe to show leadership and fill the gap. The Netherlands must also contribute to this effort,” Timmermans wrote on X.
Romanian interim President Ilie Bolojan insisted that Romania remains “a committed and reliable ally” to Ukraine.
“NATO is our strongest defence pillar, and Romania remains a committed and reliable ally. We must step up investments to strengthen our defence capability. Europeans and Americans need to work closely together to achieve a just and lasting peace in Ukraine,” he said.
