U.S. President Donald Trump 's " America First " agenda raises awkward questions for the European Union, although some lawmakers say Trump's return to the White House could be a "real opportunity" for the 27-nation bloc.

Speaking to Europe’s elites at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Zelensky laid into many of the European countries that have helped keep Ukraine afloat since the Russian invasion, chiding them for not taking their own defense and the threat from Moscow sufficiently seriously.

The European Union signalled its readiness to engage and negotiate with U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday, warning of the need to avoid a trade conflict that would hurt both sides and the global economy.

Speaking a day after Trump’s inauguration, Ukraine’s president told world leaders at Davos that Europe needs to remain united and “learn how to take care of itself.”

Europe’s generous welfare states are coming under increasing strain as weak economic growth collides with rising demands on government budgets, particularly from aging populations.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged Europe and the United States to work together to counter threats posed by Russia.

France and Europe risk being dominated, crushed and marginalised if they do nothing to counter the policies of Donald Trump, French prime minister Francois Bayrou said Monday before the new US president's inauguration.

Europe’s generous welfare states are coming ... on imported goods and the war on their doorstep in Ukraine. The United States is the biggest buyer of European goods and the tariffs Trump ...

President Trump appears willing to shake up almost every policy area, and a behind-the-scenes E.U. task force has been trying to prepare. But is Europe ready?

Still, the official announcement declined to use the word war to characterize Moscow’s activities outside Ukraine. Instead, the EU condemned Russians’ “destabilising” and “malicious actions.” The inability to describe acts of war as acts of war is part of a culture of distortion and denial regarding the subject of state-sponsored violence.

Recently Long channeled the aforementioned editorial with confident commentary asserting that “The Chinese economy is struggling, and, rather than spur Chinese consumers to buy more, President Xi Jinping is once again trying to undercut other countries by ramping up exports.” Long too, could perhaps be persuaded to rethink her analysis.