Good morning from Brussels. The foreign ministers of France, Germany, and Poland—the Weimar Triangle—together with their Italian, British, Ukrainian, and Spanish counterparts and the EU’s incoming top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, will meet in Warsaw today to discuss Donald Trump's re-election and the war in Ukraine. “The meeting is an expression of the need for close coordination between core partners in Europe,” a German government spokesperson stated. Experts told Euractiv that the meeting aims for a “more targeted” discussion without including EU countries whose support for Ukraine might be called into question, such as Hungary or Slovakia. The participants make it clear the meeting is not aiming to build an “anti-Trump” coalition, while an advisor at the Jacques Delors Institute stressed that such a gathering is needed as “there is no clear leader that can speak to Trump on behalf of the bloc”. Euractiv’s Charles Szumski and our network report that a potentially divisive issue will be Joe Biden’s decision to allow Ukraine to use US-made weapons to strike deep into Russia, given that the German chancellor and Italy disagree. Trump’s Republican Party already reacted negatively to Biden’s move. The issue made the foreign ministers' meeting in Warsaw more complex, as they sought to discuss the incoming US president while the outgoing one escalated tension with Russia at the last moment. Biden’s decision will be discussed today in Brussels among EU defence ministers and NATO chief Mark Rutte, who will join in person. Meanwhile, the EU Parliament President Roberta Metsola will host a special plenary starting at 11:00 today to mark the 1,000 days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Volodymyr Zelenskyy will address MEPs from Ukraine. EU Parliament sources told Euractiv that the plenary will be on the theme “For as long as it takes.” | 