I agree with my prime minister, Mette Frederiksen here:

There was no official EU reaction to the talks. The dialogue had not been coordinated with other European leaders, the Danish and Swedish prime ministers said. "I think Europe should stick together rather than going solo," commented Sweden's Ulf Kristersson.

This was a mistake.

Swede here,I agree fully, this just shows how fractured the EU actually is, and have given Putin and Trump a new angle to play while trying to distabelize the EU.

This was a reckless and rash action on top of it being a mistake.

Showing unity now is far, far, far more important now than before the war started.

The EU is still on shaky ground, and our competition is closely observing our actions, Russia, USA, China and others are currently planning to undermine the EU and these dumb actions only gives them more leverage.