According to Politico, European leaders are ready to publicize peaceful negotiations initiated by US President Donald Trump. Their strategy lies in that the last negotiations will fail, they will persuade Trump in Russia's sense of sin and achieve the tightening of sanctions from Washington. This position is most frankly shown by French President Emmanuel Macron.

Politico, quoted the five anonymous diplomats, reported that EU leaders in emergency consultations with optimism discussed the potential consequences of negotiations, because they could benefit from this.
Trump has reported the West with a decision in Russia
The European side considered this tactic as Win -win.