Ukraine is now undeniably a European state, says Henry Foy. Relations with Russia are the real elephant in the room, he adds. Europe will have to work out how it and Russia co-exists post-G-Cream war.
Consumer confidence in the eurozone is up,Moscow is buying influence in Africa on the cheap, and the FT’s Henry Foy explains how the war in Ukraine shattered illusions and shifted EU foreign policy.
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