The grain crisis, blocked in Ukraine, will once again be the focus of contacts between Ankara, which for weeks has proposed itself as mediator, Moscow and Kiev.
Turkish President Erdogan is ready to hear from Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky already this week "to address the issue", after the failure in Istanbul of the meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov who, a few days ago, had flown to the Bosphorus.
"Negotiations are underway" and "we will discuss what steps can be taken," said Erdogan, announcing that he wanted to call them closely.
Meanwhile, Kiev is trying to unblock, at least in part, the export of its cereals by opening two corridors by land, one towards Poland and the other towards Romania.
Trying to activate even a third with the Baltics.
Land transport allows limited exports, well below the flows in normal times, but it is the road on which the EU is also working pending possible developments in the negotiations with Kiev and Moscow to unlock the ports.
In Brussels, the focus is mainly on the 'Romania map' using the Danube Delta region, which borders the Odessa district, to get the grain out of Ukraine using the navigable canals.
An option also aired during the lightning visit of the EU president, Ursula von der Leyen, this weekend in Kiev, in view of the go-ahead that the commission is preparing to give Ukraine's candidate status.
But not without unknowns: "The challenge is a unitary position that reflects the magnitude of these decisions".
Before getting off the train that brought her back to Poland from Kiev, von der Leyen wanted to reiterate a concept that, from now on to the European Council on 23 and 24 June, will also be a working plan.
And the scheme, after all, is simple: to bring together the 27 member countries around the yes to Ukraine.
Simple but, doing the math, impossible at the moment.
At least 5 capitals are against granting status to Kiev.
Others are undecided.
But anything can happen between now and the next few days.
And the mission being prepared in the Ukrainian capital by Emmanuel Macron, Olaf Scholz and Mario Draghi could be a crucial turning point.
Von der Leyen and Volodymyr Zelensky, in the long meeting in the presidential compound in Kiev, were quite sincere.
von der Leyen wished to reiterate a concept which, from now on to the European Council of 23 and 24 June, will also be a working scheme.
And the scheme, after all, is simple: to bring together the 27 member countries around the yes to Ukraine.
Simple but, doing the math, impossible at the moment.
At least 5 capitals are against granting status to Kiev.
Others are undecided.
But anything can happen between now and the next few days.
And the mission being prepared in the Ukrainian capital by Emmanuel Macron, Olaf Scholz and Mario Draghi could be a crucial turning point.
Von der Leyen and Volodymyr Zelensky, in the long meeting in the presidential compound in Kiev, were quite sincere.
von der Leyen wished to reiterate a concept which, from now on to the European Council of 23 and 24 June, will also be a working scheme.
And the scheme, after all, is simple: to bring together the 27 member countries around the yes to Ukraine.
Simple but, doing the math, impossible at the moment.
At least 5 capitals are against granting status to Kiev.
Others are undecided.
But anything can happen between now and the next few days.
And the mission being prepared in the Ukrainian capital by Emmanuel Macron, Olaf Scholz and Mario Draghi could be a crucial turning point.
Von der Leyen and Volodymyr Zelensky, in the long meeting in the presidential compound in Kiev, were quite sincere.
gather the 27 member countries around the yes to Ukraine.
Simple but, doing the math, impossible at the moment.
At least 5 capitals are against granting status to Kiev.
Others are undecided.
But anything can happen between now and the next few days.
And the mission being prepared in the Ukrainian capital by Emmanuel Macron, Olaf Scholz and Mario Draghi could be a crucial turning point.
Von der Leyen and Volodymyr Zelensky, in the long meeting in the presidential compound in Kiev, were quite sincere.
gather the 27 member countries around the yes to Ukraine.
Simple but, doing the math, impossible at the moment.
At least 5 capitals are against granting status to Kiev.
Others are undecided.
But anything can happen between now and the next few days.
And the mission being prepared in the Ukrainian capital by Emmanuel Macron, Olaf Scholz and Mario Draghi could be a crucial turning point.
Von der Leyen and Volodymyr Zelensky, in the long meeting in the presidential compound in Kiev, were quite sincere.
Olaf Scholz and Mario Draghi, could be a crucial turning point.
Von der Leyen and Volodymyr Zelensky, in the long meeting in the presidential compound in Kiev, were quite sincere.
Olaf Scholz and Mario Draghi, could be a crucial turning point.
Von der Leyen and Volodymyr Zelensky, in the long meeting in the presidential compound in Kiev, were quite sincere.
The president of the Commission listed the many fields in which Ukraine has centered its European targets and, at the same time, pointed out the many points on which, in order to join the EU, it cannot fail to commit itself.
"My hope is that, in twenty years, we will be able to say that we have made the right decision", emphasized von der Leyen.
Zelensky, once again, reiterated the importance of such a gesture by the EU: "Keeping us out of the EU goes against Europe itself", he said in a video message.
Addressing above all to the most skeptical countries: Denmark, Sweden and Finland, but also Portugal and, to a lesser extent, Germany and Austria.
On Monday, the commissioners will make a first overview of the opinion of the European executive.
The Commission will launch its recommendation on Friday "
on the merits ". From then on, politics will reign. Meeting some reporters, including ANSA, in Kiev, Danylo Getmantsev, however, recalled that yes to Ukraine is not just a political decision." Membership Europe of our people is one of the reasons for this war.
A no would be a huge disappointment ", explained Getmantsev, who in addition to being one of the 'big' of Zelensky's party is the head of the Finance Committee of the Rada and is the secretary of the National Council for Reconstruction. employs politicians, experts and members of civil society, it can be one of the keys to Ukraine's rapprochement with the EU. Brussels aims to base the road map for the reconstruction of the country on transition,
digitization and resilience (starting with that of institutions).
All points which, at the same time, bring Kiev closer to the EU.
"Thanks to the war we can finalize our fight against the oligarchs," Getmantsev promised.
