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Morning opening: G7 leaders meet for talks on Ukraine and Middle East
Yakup Krupa
Leaders of Canada, the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States are meeting in Évian-les-Bains, France, to discuss Ukraine, the Middle East and (with guns waving) the world on fire.
After last night’s developments, it’s time to sit down and talk about the problems this morning. Ukrainian.
The leaders will be joined by the president of Ukraine. Volodymyr Zelenskiy, While trying to defend the US presidency, DonaldTrump, Amid fears that he may once again be tempted to engage with Russia, which has eluded Europe.
Just as the leaders were about to sit down for talks, Zelenskyy said Ukrainian forces hit an oil refinery in Moscow last night As a “response” to the recent attacks on Kiev.
“Russia must be forced to end the war against our people,he said.
Leaders will also speak Middle East …
…and their relations with fast-growing economies elsewhere before attending a series of bilateral meetings and a formal dinner later tonight.
I’ll bring you all the important lines here.
His Tuesday, June 16, 2026his Yakup Krupa here and this Europe Live.
Good morning.
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‘Love is a long road’ for Trump but ‘happiness’ and ‘my favorite person’ for European leaders
Because we don’t read what goes on behind closed doors, Let’s kill some time with some Elyséeology and see which songs Elysée executives chose for Macron to shake hands with visiting leaders Open Instagram of the French president.
His Tom Petty’s words “Love is a long road” for Macron’s meeting with Trump It contains these very impressive lines:
“It’s happened so many times
I would wake up at noon
While my head is spinning
I would wait for the moon
And give it one more chance
To try and save my soul
But love is a long, long road
Thing.
For Italy’s Meloni, it’s a classic Felicita – meaning, happiness – by Al Bano and Romina Power and Germany’s Merz is Namika’s Lieglingsmenschmy favorite person.
Japan’s Sanae Takaichi Nxnja acquires Beats Arigato, so a kind thank you; Canadian Mark Carney Celine takes on Dion’s classic J’irai où tu iras, Otherwise I’ll go where you go.
Britain’s Keir Starmer He’s getting the James Bond treatment The World Is Not Enough by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
And Ursula von der Leyen and António Costa from the EU Get a rock version of the union anthem, with CNKs L’Hymne a la Joie.
This is true music diplomacy. Hats off to the Élysée executives.
And Here is the photo that German Friedrich Merz very much wanted you to see this morning At that moment, he presented Trump with a German national team football jersey with his name and number 47 on it (Trump is the 47th president of the USA).
Trump’s grandfather, Friedrich, was born in Kallstadt, Germany, in 1869, theoretically making Trump eligible to play in Germany (a pretty long shot, but these days…).
World Cup diplomacy the most hopeless the best.
G7’s launch delay shows it’s truly a one-man show – instant analysis
Yakup Krupa
I think these extraordinary scenes show only one thing: for all the power of the G7, this summit is essentially about being led by one man: the US president. Donald Trump and their positions on the issues of the day.
It is very unusual to see other leaders kept waiting for nearly an hour because Macron, Trump and Zelenskyy were not in the room.
And when Trump finally walks in, Merz almost runs toward him, hoping to get a good early photo.
According to Trump, everything is not like that HE surprising but still extraordinary.
This is extremely strange.
of the EU costa He gets another briefing from someone and tells the leaders they can start the meeting in five minutes.
Canada’s carney “It was five minutes, five minutes ago,” he comes back.
And England star player He tries to figure out what’s going on by asking if “they” are having a meeting there.
“The longer it takes, the better,” Carney seems to be saying.
And just like that Macron, Embers And Zelenskyy Enter the room to join them.
of Germany Merz He runs straight to Trump to give him a football jersey belonging to the German national team; Trump seems a little reluctant to accept this at first, but eventually poses with it for photographers.
Just as the meeting is finally about to start, they close the doors to the media.
There appears to be some confusion over an official briefing leaders on the growing delay and thanking them for their patience.
“We’re optimistic about his future,” Meloni says, looking around as he tells the EU’s Costa that someone is talking to Zelenskyy.
Given that we miss Macron, Trump and Zelenskyy, there’s no need to take too many wild guesses to understand what might be going on behind the scenes.
So what we have now is Leaders of Canada, EU, Germany, Italy, Japan and England are waiting for Trump, Macron and Zelenskyy.
It sounded like someone, probably Meloni, was telling a story about the White House, but it was impossible to tell what it was.
G7 leaders arrive for Ukraine talks
Now we’re getting live photos of leaders arriving (a little late) for today’s talks, with France also participating. Emmanuel Macron He held in-depth talks with Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Zelenskyy appears to be explaining something as the French president walks casually with his hand in his pocket.
Some Last minute conversation on tactics before meeting with Trump, Definitely?
Other group of leaders – including Germany’s Friedrich Merzbritain’s Keir Starmerof italy Giorgia Meloni, of japan Sanae Takaichi, and the EU Ursula von der Leyen – they stand in a circle and wait for others to arrive.
About Only The words I can gather from their conversation are “ChatGPT” and Meloni is talking about cigarettes, so make of that what you will. I guess the more we buy, the more we get.
Morning opening: G7 leaders meet for talks on Ukraine and Middle East
Yakup Krupa
Leaders of Canada, the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States are meeting in Évian-les-Bains, France, to discuss Ukraine, the Middle East and (with guns waving) the world on fire.
After last night’s developments, it’s time to sit down and talk about the problems this morning. Ukrainian.
The leaders will be joined by the president of Ukraine. Volodymyr Zelenskiy, While trying to defend the US presidency, DonaldTrump, Amid fears that he may once again be tempted to engage with Russia, which has eluded Europe.
Just as the leaders were about to sit down for talks, Zelenskyy said Ukrainian forces hit an oil refinery in Moscow last night As a “response” to the recent attacks on Kiev.
“Russia must be forced to end the war against our people,he said.
Leaders will also speak Middle East …
…and their relations with fast-growing economies elsewhere before attending a series of bilateral meetings and a formal dinner later tonight.
I’ll bring you all the important lines here.
His Tuesday, June 16, 2026his Yakup Krupa here and this Europe Live.
Good morning.
