Europe live: US treasury secretary indicates growing frustration with Putin over Ukraine

Scott Bessent says ‘all options on the table’ and condemns ‘despicable’ increase in attacks as Russian leader receives warm welcome in ChinaOne of the topics of today’s informal meeting of Europe ministers in Copenhagen is the EU’s enlargement process, including a discussion on Ukraine and Moldova.French minister Benjamin Haddad nailed the issue in his doorstep comments, saying:“We’ll have to talk very frankly, very openly about the fact that … when it comes to Ukraine 26 countries around the table that are ready to move forward with the opening of the cluster for Ukraine, but you have one country, Hungary, that is still holding up, for domestic reasons [or] for bilateral reasons, this process, and this is something that we’ll have to address here today.”“When it comes to enlargement, I will make the case of maintaining our focus on the western Balkans. We have promised membership to countries in the region more than 20 years ago. It is time to deliver on our promise. Otherwise, we will lose our credibility there.”“I think this is a very political issue where governments need to be aware of what the electorate in the member states actually wants.” Continue reading...

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