The EU is keeping its fingers crossed for good relations with the USA's newly elected president Donald Trump.
Commission President Ursula von der Leyen spoke with Trump on Thursday about both trade and the war in Ukraine and sees, for example, energy as a future negotiating area.
There are common interests that we have. Then we'll get into discussions. We still get a lot of liquefied natural gas from Russia, so why not take it from the USA instead? says von der Leyen at the press conference after Friday's informal EU summit in Budapest.
The EU countries' heads of state and government had a first discussion about Trump's imminent return over a working dinner on Thursday evening.
Everyone went through their picture of the situation, what one can expect. But it's not like anyone knows yet. Everyone understands that a new administration must be in place before one can draw any conclusions, says Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (The Moderate Party).
