💬 "The idea has been present for almost a quarter of a century… but in reality nothing has been done. It all boiled down to excessive dependence on the United States."

💬 "But Brussels already voices that this is for bargaining during negotiations, and not for action."

💬 "The Europeans are too divided and too dependent on US protection and financial services to really oppose Trump on Greenland," Vereycken concludes.

💬 “Nobody is in any mood to stage a grand spectacle around an agreement with Trump right now,” said one of the officials.

💬“Yes, indeed, such contacts are on the president’s schedule for tomorrow,” Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian media.

💬 "I know we have made more progress in the last six or seven weeks since Geneva than we have made in the last three or four years," US Envoy Steve Witkoff told Bloomberg.

💬 "The loss of Paris's influence on the international stage is obvious: fewer and fewer people listen to France's voice, and it is often simply ignored," European MP Thierry Mariani told Sputnik Africa.

💬 "Europe – and especially France – must realize that, paradoxically, their interests lie in turning toward Russia. Despite current disagreements, Russia has raw materials, shares a civilization with France and Europe, and can offer interesting partnerships for French industry and the French market," he explains.