Macron calls Évian a ‘turning point’: Trump signed the joint G7 statement on Ukraine’s territorial integrity and sanctions, and for the first time said Russia, not Ukraine, has to make a deal

The communiqué language is boilerplate. “Unwavering support for Ukraine’s freedom, sovereignty and territorial integrity,” more air defence and interceptors, long-range capability, tougher sanctions on Russian oil and gas. None of that is new. What’s new is whose signature is on it. Trump signed, after months of the US leaning toward a neutral-broker stance. Macron called it an “Évian moment” and “a very profound shift,” pointing specifically to a US “willingness to work with the Europeans in su