“After a hundred days at the White House, Donald Trump can boast of having had a nice blow”announce the Belgian newspaper The evening. The American leader signed, on April 30, an agreement on minerals with Ukraine, which constitutes for the Belgian newspaper “A victory for the republican president”. Et “A lesser evil for Volodymyr Zelensky”, The Ukrainian President. The contract does not contain, certainly, no security guarantees for Ukraine. But it provides for the creation of an investment fund for the reconstruction of the country and in return gives access to the latter’s natural resources to the Americans. The control of these must nevertheless remain the responsibility of the Ukrainian state.
And the European Union (EU), in all of this? “The agreement should not interfere with European kyiv-Union relations, or with the process that could ultimately lead to a membership of Ukraine”comments the Spanish daily The country. The European Commission has also welcomed “l’engagement [américain] to invest alongside the Ukrainians in favor of a free, sovereign and safe Ukraine ”, We read on the Polish media website TVP World. The EU executive was also delighted with the presence of “Specific provisions aimed at allowing Ukraine to continue to apply for an entry into the Union”and
