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CEPA's Landsbergis: Europe must forge its own strategy, not await US

Former Lithuanian foreign minister Gabrielius Landsbergis wrote in CEPA that Europe must set its own strategic course rather than wait on Washington, citing its exclusion from Ukraine talks and urging Europe to press its own transatlantic agenda.

Verified Opinion Abroad AI-drafted CEPA, 18 February 2026

What the source does not establish. Does not establish that any EU institution or member state has adopted an independent strategy along these lines.

Index score. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. No institutional move; records CEPA's published position on European strategic autonomy from the US. European Sovereignty Index

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. How the record is made

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