The war in Ukraine has made eastern Europe stronger
But will the EU’s new balance of influence endure?
A visit from the German chancellor to the White House would once have been considered the pinnacle of Euro-American diplomatic relations. Yet when Germany’s Olaf Scholz arrives in Washington for talks with Joe Biden on March 3rd, it might not even count as the American president’s most important contact with Europe that fortnight. During a trip to Poland last week, Mr Biden met leaders of the EU’s eastern fringe, heaping praise on them for their help with the war in Ukraine, from which he had just returned. The sense that the war has rejigged the map of who matters in Europe was palpable.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Tilting east”
Europe March 4th 2023
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