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Europe auditions negotiators to face off with Putin
The Telegraph ^ | October 22, 2026 | Joe Barnes

Posted on 10/22/2026 9:01:27 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

European leaders are auditioning potential negotiators to face off with Vladimir Putin in talks to end the war in Ukraine. European leaders are auditioning potential negotiators to face off with Vladimir Putin in talks to end the war in Ukraine.

Diplomatic sources have told The Telegraph that approaches have been made to possible candidates for the role.

Giorgia Meloni, the Italian prime minister, Alexander Stubb, the Finnish president, and Petr Pavel, the Czech president, have all been mooted for the position, as have Mette Frederiksen, the Danish prime minister, and Jonas Gahr Støre, the Norwegian prime minister.

In recent weeks, there has been a growing sense of urgency across Europe to find representatives to join the peace talks over concerns that Donald Trump no longer represents the Continent’s best interests.

“What Europe has learned is that there first needs to be a consensus that we need to negotiate with the Russians,” a source familiar with the discussions said.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: European Union; Ukraine
KEYWORDS: negotiate

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1 posted on 10/22/2026 9:01:27 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican
"In recent weeks, there has been a growing sense of urgency across Europe to find representatives to join the peace talks over concerns that Donald Trump no longer represents the Continent’s best interests."

Sounds like they got intel that its very likely talks of some sort are going to happen, and:
A. They are trying to glom onto it to stay 'relevent'
B. They are going to try and pull a Boris Johnson

Its that bolded part that is infuriating. It implies an attitude that the President of the United States is supposed to serve at the pleasure of the countries of Europe. A bunch of 'farmers' fought a war (and won) to disavow them of that notion, and many of their countrymen left their countries in the following antebellum years to escape from the yokes they were under.

2 posted on 10/22/2026 9:59:34 PM PDT by Tench_Coxe (The woke were surprised by the reaction to the Bud Light fiasco. May there be many more surprises)
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To: MinorityRepublican

It sure won’t be our moron who endowed Putin with the title of “humanitarian” today.


3 posted on 10/22/2026 11:09:05 PM PDT by Bob Wills is still the king (Wake up and smell the coffee!)
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To: Tench_Coxe

Sadly, General Huntziger and the Wagon-Lit are no longer available.


4 posted on 10/23/2026 12:13:26 AM PDT by rxh4n1
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To: MinorityRepublican
Nobody they choose can be worse than 2 real estate speculators representing the US


5 posted on 10/23/2026 8:30:19 AM PDT by tlozo (“Russia war-Either money today or blood tomorrow," Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk)
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To: Tench_Coxe
concerns that Donald Trump no longer represents the Continent’s best interests."

Russia invaded a sovereign country, crossed an internationally recognized border and launched a war to dismantle its neighbor.

Nearly every European state supports Ukraine, not out of ideology, but because changing borders by force is a direct threat to their own security.

6 posted on 10/23/2026 8:33:03 AM PDT by tlozo (“Russia war-Either money today or blood tomorrow," Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk)
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