At a time when the European Union is enduring many hardships, it has no interest in letting the war in Ukraine drag on endlessly.
However, the EU does have significant interests in the region, and it cannot afford to agree to a settlement that ignores them.
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/ukraine-war-europe-should-cut-out-trump-talk-to-china-and-kremlin-by-zaki-laidi-2025-11