EU faces unpredictable 'Trump 2.0'
China DailyBy CHEN WEIHUA in Brussels | China Daily Global | Updated: 2024-12-20 10:01 France's President Emmanuel Macron, US President-elect Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky meet at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Dec 7. JULIEN DE ROSA/AFP When Donald Trump, president-elect of the United States, arrived in Paris on Dec 7 for the reopening of the Notre Dame cathedral, French President Emmanuel Macron greeted him with a grand welcome usually reserved for a sitting US president, with trumpets blaring and members of the French Republican Guard in full uniform. A trilateral meeting of Trump, Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Elysee Palace was not on Trump's original schedule but was hastily added, making major headlines. "The EU's biggest concern is that Trump might reach a quick deal with Russia over the Ukraine crisis without even considering the EU's stance, political correctness and security concerns," said Ding Chun, director of the Center for European Studies at Fudan University in Shanghai.