FILE - From left, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European Council President Charles Michel walk together to a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. Ukraine is set to officially launch membership talks with the European Union later on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. Moldova will also set its accession process in motion, as the EU hosts two intergovernmental conferences in Luxembourg. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz looks on as he waits for the start of the Federal Cabinet meeting in the Chancellery in Berlin, Wednesday June 26, 2024. (Michael Kappeler/dpa via AP)
Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks at a government statement on the EU and NATO summits in the Bundestag in Berlin, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (Michael Kappeler/dpa via AP)