EU rejects Trump’s 'big beautiful' security deal with Russia and 'all of Europe'

European leaders have firmly rejected any attempt by the United States and Russia to reshape the continent’s security architecture without their involvement, following President Donald Trump’s suggestion that Washington could be nearing a sweeping agreement with Moscow extending beyond Ukraine to encompass all of Europe.

The remarks, made by Trump on Thursday, have raised fresh concerns among Washington’s European allies that the US administration could be moving towards a security arrangement that accommodates Russian President Vladimir Putin’s long-standing demands at the expense of European interests.

Trump described the potential agreement as a “very big” deal involving not only Ukraine but “all of Europe”:

“It’s going to be very big. It’s going to involve more than Ukraine, and I could even say it might involve all of Europe. It’s going to be a big, beautiful agreement, and everyone’s going to be thrilled,” Trump said, without going into any details.

His comments came as his special envoy and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, announced that Washington was working on a broader European security architecture intended to create the conditions for lasting peace.

The initiative has immediately drawn objections from European officials, who insist that the continent’s security arrangements are already established and cannot be renegotiated over their heads.

“We already have a European security architecture in place,” European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas told journalists in Warsaw on Friday.

“The problem remains that Russia keeps breaking the treaties that underpin it. NATO posed no threat to Russia in 2021, and it poses no threat to Russia at the moment. Putin does not have a veto over European security.”

Kallas also stressed that the European Union would have to be involved in any agreement if it was to be implemented.