European leaders and defence ministers are gathering at the Munich Security Conference,

grappling with how to end the war in Ukraine as it approaches its fourth anniversary.

But they have any influence in how and when it might end and on whose terms?

Welcome to EU Confidential. I'm your host, Anne Mikhailvoy.

Ebba Bush is a woman who doesn't mince her words.

As Sweden's Deputy Prime Minister and Energy Minister, she's become a prominent voice in calling for a more robust stance against Russia

and defending conservative values at home on issues from immigration to

Palestinian protests.

In the 22 general elections, Bush's Christian Democrats formed a coalition with other right-leaning

parties, marking a shift in Sweden's political landscape.

She's emerging too onto a wider European stage, so might we hear more of

her forthright brand of politics and will it make a difference in Brussels?

Ebba Bush, welcome to EU Confidential. Good to see you again, Anne.

We're talking on the eve of the Munich Security Conference. The war in Ukraine is approaching

its fourth anniversary.

You've consistently warned that the threat Russia poses to Europe is not abating.

Do you think the key powers in Europe, Germany, France, the UK and others, have a strong

enough voice to bring this to an end?

I believe they have if they want to, but I think Europe truly is

at a cross route now, not only in words, but in action now taking this seriously enough. And I think

coming out of just a few weeks ago, Davos, there was, if there was one positive thing to say about that week was there was more of a European

determination being formed during that week, now it just needs to be put into action. And we've

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