Thanks for elaborating - I am all in favour for peace and negotiations with Putin, I am not a fan of the Ukraine president as well (not only given his history). I hope you are right in that area.
NATO payments yeah Trump was already saying this in his previous role as president - you might be right here. China and US are the biggest global players and what is required to strengthen the European Union where I do not see a lot of agreements in general.
We will see what happens this week and after.