German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will meet with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris Wednesday as the embattled leaders try to chart a new course for Europe with US President Donald Trump threatening to upend transatlantic relations.
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CESSON-SÉVIGNÉ, France — French President Emmanuel Macron hinted on Monday that France would need to go beyond NATO’s current spending target, especially if United States President Donald Trump pulls the American military out of Europe.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday warned that Russia's war against Ukraine would not end "tomorrow or the day after" as Donald Trump, who pledged to quickly wind up the conflict, returned to the White House.
Donald Trump has broken with tradition and invited foreign politicians to his swearing-in, including conservative and far-right figures such as Italy's Giorgia Meloni, Argentina's Javier Milei and French MEP Marion Maréchal.
Sir Keir Starmer will hold crisis talk with Emmanuel Macron tomorrow ahead of Donald Trump's return as US President.
French President Emmanuel Macron warned on Monday that the billions of euros of taxpayer money spent on Europe's military budgets should not be used to buy only American weapons, pushing for more investment in home-grown defence industries.
French President Emmanuel Macron called on Europe Monday to "wake up" and spend more on defense in order to reduce its reliance on the United States for its security, in a speech to the French military as Donald Trump returns to power.
The U.K., France and other allies have discussed the possibility of deploying peacekeeping troops to Ukraine as the war escalates.
Russia’s military aggression and China’s economic leverage are reshaping geopolitics, leaving Europe no choice but to deepen its transatlantic ties.