European leaders gathered on Monday for an emergency summit to discuss plans by U.S. President Donald Trump to end the war in Ukraine. There are fears that they might be frozen out of the negotiations. The goal is to agree on a common strategy for dealing with Trump, including what offers can be made to him and what Europe’s red lines are when it comes to Moscow’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. Leaders from Germany, Britain, Italy, Poland, Spain, the Netherlands and Denmark were expected to attend the meeting in Paris, alongside European Council President António Costa. European Commission President…
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