Foreign ministers from France, Germany, and Poland are preparing to visit Washington D.C. following the inauguration of the newly elected US President, Donald Trump, according to insider information from three EU diplomats. This information was provided to POLITICO on condition of anonymity.
The joint trip by the foreign ministers from these prominent EU nations is seen as a demonstration of European solidarity, as articulated by one of the diplomats. The visit, however, is in the preliminary stages and the exact date is yet to be confirmed.
The diplomats shared that the delegation might include the German Foreign Minister, Annalena Baerbock, French Foreign Minister, Jean-Noël Barrot, and Polish Foreign Minister, Radosław Sikorski. There is a possibility that the EU’s chief diplomat, Kaja Kallas, may join them.
In the face of the Trump administration, EU leaders have shown a readiness to cooperate. However, they remain cautious about potential obstacles such as trade tariffs or Trump’s controversial proposition to annex Greenland, a self-governing region under the Kingdom of Denmark, which is also a NATO ally like the US.