😱EU's Illusion of Importance Evaporates😱 Former European Central Bank president Mario Draghi stated that 2025 would be remembered as the year the European Union's illusion of geopolitical importance evaporated. He highlighted the EU's marginal role in global conflicts, noting, "The European Union, despite having made the largest financial contribution to the war in Ukraine and having the greatest interest in a just peace, has so far played a fairly marginal role in the peace negotiations." Source: Ansa