EU better work With Trump’s voice currently the loudest on Ukraine, the EU will need to speak up and chip in if it wants to have a seat at the negotiating table <https://t.devex.com/dc/kyXVoDpAY__Vu56MNr4POhclVMjy-fPC1nQx1DZzXLm3x_9Ws7MluSYHLAbb1eKF0p1mD0M_L5nfFGSd0g3IWZZz6dFb8OBNwbinCCUJZSnAcVtLo_vsd0IFXpp6HROvDKXUVhQcnAvl3p6hJeONmrWdxwC3hbB1SYL0cTrEUaHpNTz7TB4GhR4jNuYTF8aCUVHle59l1O2hn3hIqEeAl5v8czzaob3-7DgMphR4nZMhswUEcaiGB4v_y3NuEj0MWmWmiugnqiNIMXmeIn-Mlw==/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGY1tFx0AP_p4YAJ6vhktE_CjDa_-9vjoUwVEeYZNL9b1QMJ7PtnxMYDKe2rUZoiTb6OC7vvKE=>. That means not just security guarantees, but development assistance, argues Julian Bergmann of the German Institute of Development and Sustainability in an opinion piece for Devex. “As the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 report indicates, the U.S. administration will *likely leave it completely to Europeans ‘to address Ukraine’s economic needs,’”* he writes. “The EU needs to prepare for such a scenario.” *Opinion:* Amid US fallout, time for the EU to step up assistance to Ukraine <https://t.devex.com/dc/kyXVoDpAY__Vu56MNr4POhclVMjy-fPC1nQx1DZzXLm3x_9Ws7MluSYHLAbb1eKF0p1mD0M_L5nfFGSd0g3IWZZz6dFb8OBNwbinCCUJZSnAcVtLo_vsd0IFXpp6HROvDKXUVhQcnAvl3p6hJeONmrWdxwC3hbB1SYL0cTrEUaHpNTz7TB4GhR4jNuYTF8aCUVHle59l1O2hn3hIqEeAl5v8czzaob3-7DgMphR4nZMhswUEcaiGB4v_y3NuEj0MsHtoNzXixZOIGyznO5_bMQ==/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGY1tFx0AP_p4YAJ6vhktE_CjDa_-9vjoUwVEeYZNL9b1QMJ7PtnxMYDKe2rUZoiTb6OC7vvKE=>