{"id":1027433,"date":"2026-06-15T05:01:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T05:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1027433\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T05:01:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T05:01:17","slug":"this-week-angry-trump-meets-eu-leaders-at-g7-summit-as-ukraine-starts-accession-talks-euobserver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1027433\/","title":{"rendered":"THIS WEEK: Angry Trump meets EU leaders at G7 summit, as Ukraine starts accession talks \u2013 EUobserver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>This week\u2019s agenda \u2014 at glance<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>G7 leaders meet Donald Trump in \u00c9vian amid growing tensions over Nato, Russia, and Iran<\/li>\n<li>EU formally opens accession talks with Ukraine and Moldova<\/li>\n<li>EU foreign ministers adopt new sanctions on Russia and discuss measures against Israel<\/li>\n<li>MEPs vote on tariffs on US imports following new Trump trade penalties<\/li>\n<li>EU ministers discuss enlargement, the next long-term EU budget, and the Article 7 procedure against Hungary<\/li>\n<li>EU health ministers discuss Ebola, biotech rules, and diagnostic devices<\/li>\n<li>MEPs vote on parliamentary immunity in six bribery-related cases<\/li>\n<li>European Parliament debates children\u2019s mental health, repression in Cuba, organised crime, and human rights abuses in Belarus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The burning question of US loyalty toward the West vis-\u00e0-vis Russia and a breakthrough on EU enlargement will dominate a week of summits in Belgium and France.<\/p>\n<p>US president Donald Trump will attend a G7 meeting with the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, and top EU officials in the French spa town of \u00c9vian on Monday (15 June).<\/p>\n<p>It will be Trump\u2019s first face-to-face meeting with Western leaders since he <a href=\"https:\/\/euobserver.com\/209500\/fear-but-not-panic-in-europe-after-trump-threat-to-leave-nato\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/euobserver.com\/209500\/fear-but-not-panic-in-europe-after-trump-threat-to-leave-nato\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">threatened to rage-quit Nato<\/a> over their refusal to join his war on Iran.<\/p>\n<p>He has announced he will pull thousands of US troops, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/aerospace-defense\/us-plans-major-cut-fighter-jets-warships-nato-operations-europe-nyt-reports-2026-06-12\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/aerospace-defense\/us-plans-major-cut-fighter-jets-warships-nato-operations-europe-nyt-reports-2026-06-12\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fighter jets and warships<\/a>, out of bases in Europe, whose presence was designed to deter Russian aggression.<\/p>\n<p>His outgoing intelligence chief, Tulsi Gabbard, gave Russia a propaganda gift on 12 June by declassifying files on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/anneapplebaum\/status\/2065721273171185950\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/anneapplebaum\/status\/2065721273171185950\" rel=\"nofollow\">US \u201cbiolabs\u201d in Ukraine<\/a>, after Russia had claimed the US was producing biological weapons there.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has also said Russian president Vladimir Putin should be re-invited to join what used to be the G8, and sent a delegation of CEOs to explore business opportunities with Russia to <a href=\"https:\/\/euobserver.com\/219773\/weird-guests-and-ukraine-drones-make-putins-davos-a-pr-disaster-despite-return-of-us-businessmen\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/euobserver.com\/219773\/weird-guests-and-ukraine-drones-make-putins-davos-a-pr-disaster-despite-return-of-us-businessmen\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Putin\u2019s St Petersburg economic forum<\/a> on 3 June.<\/p>\n<p>But for their part, EU states will pull in the opposite direction by formally starting enlargement talks with Ukraine (and Moldova) at an intergovernmental conference (IGC) in Brussels, also on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This week\u2019s agenda \u2014 at glance G7 leaders meet Donald Trump in \u00c9vian amid growing tensions over 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