No one likes to play the supporting role — but that’s the position the EU has been relegated to on the global stage of heavyweights. Such was the harsh assessment delivered by Mario Draghi, former Italian prime minister and ex-president of the European Central Bank, on the "events" that have shaped 2025.
China does not see the European bloc as an equal partner, the EU is playing only a “marginal” role in Ukraine peace negotiations, and it has become little more than a spectator of tens of thousands of deaths in Gaza.
