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2026-10-17 · Ukrinform

German expert: Europe must stand up to Trump and continue supporting Ukraine and Zelensky

Stefan Meister, Head of the Center for Order and Governance in Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), said this in an interview with Ukrinform . “Europe must stand up to Trump and make it clear that it will continue to support Ukraine and Zelensky as its elected President. This course must be pursued consistently,” the political scientist said. According to him, European countries should not tailor their Ukraine policy to statements by the American President or his demands for changes in Ukraine’s leadership. “Zelensky is the elected President of Ukraine. The Ukrainian people, not Donald Trump and certainly not Putin, decide who will govern Ukraine,” the expert stressed.

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