French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday welcomed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban for talks at the Elysee Palace.

Defending Ukraine in its war with Russia has cost $280 billion so far – and the US has contributed more than any other country. President Donald Trump has raised concerns about the cost of the war in Ukraine in recent days and the topic dominated his Monday meeting with French president Emmanuel Macron.

The European Union is making rearmament its priority to counter the menace of a bellicose Russia and an unfriendly United States under President Donald Trump.

French President Emmanuel Macron called for calm after tensions flared between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Following Fridays Oval Office meeting, where Trump threatened to

EU leaders gather for an emergency defence summit in Brussels as future partnership with US remains uncertain.

The French president calls on the Europeans to unite by spending more on defence before EU leaders meet for key summit.

As the European Union’s only nuclear power and its most effective military, France has a decisive role to play.

Macron also said he had been approached by other leaders all day during an EU summit in Brussels about his offer to extend French nuclear deterrence to the rest of Europe and hope

French President Emmanuel Macron acknowledged on Friday that he left Washington after talks this week with President Donald Trump with scant hope that the European Union would avoid U.S. trade tariffs.

French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday he will confer with European allies on the idea of using France's nuclear deterrent to protect the continent in the face of threats from Russia. France is the only nuclear power in the European Union.

French President Emmanuel Macron, right, holds a video meeting gathering European Union (EU) 27 leaders following his meeting with US President Donald Trump, at the Elysee palace in Paris, Wednesday,