This post was originally published on France24
Preparing to support Ukraine “in all scenarios’ – that’s how the head of the EU Council described the gist of the last European summit of the year, before Donald Trump returns to the White House. We explore the EU’s preparedness with Belgian Foreign Minister Bernard Quintin. He raises the thorny issue of possible troop deployments by European countries in Ukraine, something that was touched on at the EU summit. He also talks about his hopes for a more democratic Syria following the ouster of Bashar al-Assad, and how the EU should support the transition there.