Europeans are feeling “genuine fear and distrust regarding the United States,” former Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves told NBC News.

Other differences include European leaders proposing Russia giving the occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which would split power 50-50 between Moscow and Kyiv. Ukraine’s army would also be capped during peacetime at 800,000 soldiers, 200,000 more than in the American version.

The European Union has a proposal for how to turn Russian frozen assets into a giant loan for Ukraine. If it fails, it could further weaken Europe’s global image.

The European Union’s defense chief has proposed deeper integration of the bloc’s defense industry with Ukraine as a U.S. peace plan remains in flux and Russia’s unconventional warfare operations rattl

Some European leaders have pushed back against parts of the the U.S.-led Ukraine peace plan, demanding full involvement in negotiations as talks continue.

Europe’s plan says that Ukraine joining Nato would depend on consensus among members, which it acknowledges does not currently exist. Nato would agree not to permanently station troops in Ukraine in peacetime, but space is apparently left for the so-called coalition of the willing to have more involvement.

New Hampshire Democrat Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, the ranking member on the Foreign Relations Committee, told CNN that she would oppose any deal with Russia that limits the future strength and size of the Ukrainian military.

The European Union has dropped a massive legal hammer on Elon Musk’s X, slapping the platform with a €120 million fine under the bloc’s powerful Digital Services Act (DSA). It’s the first-ever penalty issued under the EU’s flagship digital law and it puts Musk directly in Brussels’ crosshairs.