Will Europe get a seat at the Ukraine peace talks?

Zelenskyy met Chancellor Merz in Berlin on Tuesday. Talks are in Abu Dhabi on November tenth and eleventh, at adviser level, where Europeans have only observer status, Handelsblatt reports.

Merz said Europe must and wants to play a role in this process. Zelenskyy said there can be no stable peace without Europeans at the table in some format.

Merz called it unacceptable for third countries to discuss Ukraine's fate without Ukraine. Whether Putin attends the Group of Twenty summit in Miami is unclear. If President Trump were to decide to invite the Russian president, then Ukraine must be the first topic of discussion.

Germany also pledged additional winter aid worth 200 million euros. Money, though, is not a seat at the table.