'What is Europe willing to do to protect its own security and defence?' It was the opening question of former top diplomat François Heisbourg at a REKA Symposium on EU–Ukraine relations in The Hague on March 4, organised by Raam op Rusland, Open Door Ukraine and the Netherlands Helsinki Committee. According to Heisbourg, Europe is facing the 'only imperial project left' on the continent but is still guided by fear of escalation. Meanwhile, 'the United States is currently not providing any military aid to Ukraine. From a Ukrainian point of view, Trump is already in power.'