Joe 总部设在布鲁塞尔，专注于欧洲政治与防务。他曾报道乌克兰战争及其和平谈判，并从华盛顿特区报道过美国大选。 7:45pm BST 欧洲领导人正在考察潜在谈判代表，以便在结束乌克兰战争的谈判中与弗拉基米尔·普京过招。
Joe is based in Brussels, where he focuses on European politics and defence. He has covered the Ukraine war and its peace negotiations and reported on US elections from Washington DC 7:45pm BST European leaders are auditioning potential negotiators to face off with Vladimir Putin in talks to end the war in Ukraine.
外交消息人士向《每日电讯报》透露，已就该角色接触了可能的候选人。
Diplomatic sources have told The Telegraph that approaches have been made to possible candidates for the role.
意大利总理焦尔焦·梅洛尼、芬兰总统亚历山大·斯图布、捷克总统彼得·帕维尔、丹麦总理梅特·弗雷泽里克森以及挪威首相约纳斯·加尔·斯特勒均被提名为该职位人选。
Giorgia Meloni, the Italian prime minister, Alexander Stubb, the Finnish president, and Petr Pavel, the Czech president, have all been mooted for the position, as have Mette Frederiksen, the Danish prime minister, and Jonas Gahr Støre, the Norwegian prime minister.
近几周，欧洲愈发紧迫地寻找代表参加和平谈判，因为担心唐纳德·特朗普不再代表欧洲大陆的最佳利益。
In recent weeks, there has been a growing sense of urgency across Europe to find representatives to join the peace talks over concerns that Donald Trump no longer represents the Continent’s best interests.
“欧洲吸取的教训是，首先需要达成共识，即我们需要与俄罗斯人谈判，”一位熟悉讨论情况的消息人士说。
“What Europe has learned is that there first needs to be a consensus that we need to negotiate with the Russians,” a source familiar with the discussions said.
“其次，需要就该立场是什么达成共识。”欧洲推动在基辅与莫斯科的谈判中扮演更大角色，源于一年多来美国调解未果。
“Secondly, there needs to be a consensus on what that position is.”The push by Europe to take a bigger role in the negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow has been spurred by more than a year of unsuccessful US mediation.
特朗普试图斡旋达成和平协议，很大程度上因普京拒绝放弃其在乌克兰的极大化领土要求而陷入停滞。
Mr Trump’s attempts to broker a peace deal have largely stalled over Putin’s refusal to drop his maximalist territorial demands in Ukraine.
周三，美国总统特使史蒂夫·威特科夫宣布，美、乌、俄三方会谈将于下月恢复。
On Wednesday, Steve Witkoff, the US president’s envoy, announced that trilateral talks between the US, Ukraine and Russia would resume next month.
然而，谈判将在美国白宫决定豁免对莫斯科的制裁以及达成从俄罗斯进口柴油的协议的背景下进行。
However, the discussions will take place against the backdrop of the White House’s decision to waive sanctions on Moscow and a deal to import diesel from Russia.
过去几周，特朗普被指在和平谈判中施压基辅投降，这加剧了欧洲建立自己的谈判团队的呼声。
The past few weeks, during which Mr Trump has been accused of pressuring Kyiv to capitulate in peace talks, have intensified calls for Europe to establish its own negotiating team.
此前试图就一位能够获得整个欧洲大陆各国首都支持的单一领导人达成一致的努力均告失败。
Previous attempts to agree on a single leader who could command the backing of capitals across the Continent have failed.
知情批评人士将德国外交部长约翰·瓦德福尔的单打独斗式尝试形容为“毫无头绪”。
A lone-wolf attempt by Johann Wadephul, the German foreign minister, was described as “clueless” by critics informed of his plans.
欧洲理事会主席安东尼奥·科斯塔在布鲁塞尔最近的欧盟领导人会议上拒绝了承担该角色的提议。
António Costa, the European Council president, turned down an advance to assume the role during a recent meeting of EU leaders in Brussels.
欧盟最高级别官员此前曾让其核心助手之一联系克里姆林宫，希望启动欧盟与莫斯科之间的对话。
The EU’s most senior official previously had one of his top aides contact the Kremlin in the hope of kickstarting a discussion between the bloc and Moscow.
一位熟悉讨论情况的消息人士表示，更有可能选出一个领导人小组，以避免各国为该角色展开角逐以及个别候选人遭遇否决的风险。
A source familiar with the discussions said a group of leaders was more likely to be chosen, avoiding a contest between countries for the role and the risk of individual candidates being vetoed.
斯图布已让自己成为欧洲在谈判阶段支持乌克兰努力中无处不在的人物。
Mr Stubb has made himself an ever-present figure in Europe’s efforts to support Ukraine through the negotiating phase.
芬兰总统亚历山大·斯图布被提议作为与普京谈判的潜在欧洲谈判代表。得益于共同热爱高尔夫，这位芬兰总统与特朗普关系密切，并出席了乌克兰总统泽连斯基与美国最近在奥斯陆举行的会谈。
Alexander Stubb, the Finnish president, has been floated as a potential European negotiator in talks with Putin The Finnish president has a strong bond with Mr Trump, thanks to their love of golf, and was in Oslo for recent talks between Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s president, and the US.
据称，帕维尔因其北约指挥官背景及与俄罗斯进行军事对军事谈判的经验，具备有利条件。
Mr Pavel is said to have a favourable profile because of his background as a Nato commander with experience in military-to-military negotiations with the Russians.
他在接受《世界报》环球记者网（The Telegraph是其成员之一）采访时表示：“欧洲需要‘确定一个人或一群人为欧洲发声。不一定是欧盟或北约的代表，而只是获得其他领导人授权进行谈判的领导人’。”他补充道：“普京总统无视欧盟的权威。”
He said Europe needed to “identify a person or a group of people who would speak for Europe. Not necessarily representatives of the EU or Nato, but simply leaders who would be given a mandate by the others to negotiate”, in an interview with the Axel Springer Global Reporters Network, which The Telegraph is a part of. “President Putin disregards the European Union as an authority,” he added.
“他不想和乌尔苏拉·冯德莱恩交谈，也不和卡娅·卡拉斯交谈。他停止与其他欧洲领导人交谈，包括埃马纽埃尔·马克龙。”曾任北约军事委员会主席的帕维尔认为，现在是开始与普京进行严肃谈判以缓和紧张局势的时候了，因为人们担心西方与俄罗斯之间会爆发全面冲突。
“He doesn’t want to talk to Ursula von der Leyen, he doesn’t talk to Kaja Kallas. He stopped talking to other European leaders, including Emmanuel Macron.”Mr Pavel, a former head of Nato’s military committee, believes now is the time to start serious negotiations with Putin to de-escalate tensions amid fears of a full-blown conflict between the West and Russia.
“我说，我认为这有可能。如果我们继续沿用迄今为止的方式，那么可能会出现升级，最终导致冲突、公开的军事冲突，”他说。
“Well, I believe there is a potential for it. If we continue the same way up to now, then there might be an escalation that would eventually lead to a conflict, open military conflict,” he said.
这位捷克总统建议，向普京提供“糖果”——以商业交易的形式——可以鼓励他更认真地对待谈判。
The Czech president suggested that offering “candy” – in the form of business deals – to Putin could encourage him to take negotiations more seriously.
特朗普决定豁免对俄罗斯化石燃料出口的制裁，采取了类似的做法。
Mr Trump has employed a similar approach with his decision to waive sanctions on Russian fossil fuel exports.
批评人士称，莫斯科将利用这笔资金为其在乌克兰的战争提供资金，而美国总统坚持认为，这是说服其俄罗斯对应人重返谈判桌的唯一途径。
Critics said Moscow would use this money to fund its war in Ukraine, while the US president insisted it was the only way to convince his Russian counterpart to resume negotiations.
“如果我们提出一个能够导致结束乌克兰冲突的进程，那么就没有必要发动更多混合攻击，尤其是当终点有一些‘糖果’的时候。我说的‘糖果’，是指恢复商业往来、合作和贸易，这对俄罗斯极具诱惑力，”帕维尔说。
“If we come up with a process that would lead to ending the conflict in Ukraine, then there is no need for launching more hybrid attacks, especially when there is some candy at the end. And if I’m talking candy, I mean resuming business and cooperation and trade, which is quite tempting for Russia,” Mr Pavel said.
他补充道：“而且我们可以考虑仅在俄罗斯重新成为受尊重的伙伴这一条件下减轻制裁制度，这意味着我们可以就停火达成一致，可以就和平谈判达成一致。”
He added: “And we can think of relieving a sanctions regime only on the condition that Russia becomes, again, a respected partner, which means that we can agree on a ceasefire, we can agree on a peace negotiation.”