First defuse the threat to Ukraine, then work on how to integrate the European Union (EU) into discussions on the security of its continent by arriving with a united front. It is in this state of mind that the Europeans approached Friday the new session of discussions between Washington and Moscow in Geneva. Without great illusions, however, and faced with several internal divisions, in particular on the attitude to adopt vis-à-vis Moscow and on the proximity of Vladimir Poutine with several capitals, starting with Berlin and Paris.