Politics

Europe keeps pricing Ukraine as a cost when it is really a security gain [OPINION]

Stuart Dowell
 18.06.2026, 15:45
Volodymyr Zelenskyy with Ursula von der Leyen and António Costa. Brussels calls Ukraine's accession talks a breakthrough. Kyiv wants more than that. (Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)
Volodymyr Zelenskyy with Ursula von der Leyen and António Costa. Brussels calls Ukraine's accession talks a breakthrough. Kyiv wants more than that. (Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)

Macron and Merz both fear a Hungary repeat more than they fear losing Ukraine.