The EU Is Entering a Crucial Week to Show Trump It’s Not ‘Weak’

The European Union faces an inflection point this week as it strives to prove it’s a geopolitical force.

In the coming days, the bloc has two crucial deadlines: One is to fund Ukraine’s fight against Russia without help from Washington, and the other is to show it can diversify supply lines away from an increasingly antagonistic US and expand trade with South America.