French President Emmanuel Macron has summoned Europe’s leaders to Paris on Monday for an emergency summit, where President Trump will be on the agenda Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski revealed Macron’s plans while attending the Munich Security Conference Saturday,

The Munich Security Conference may be over for another year, but the reverberations of the past few days are ricocheting across Europe as Ukraine faces a defining moment. The latest: French President Emmanuel Macron will host European leaders in Paris today for crisis talks as they scramble to respond to the fast-moving events of recent days.

Vance’s shocking words — and the prospects of American disengagement — were so traumatic, they prompted French President Emmanuel Macron to cobble together an emergency summit of European leaders, where the participants promptly agreed on nothing .

French President Emmanuel Macron, left, greets Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz as he arrives for an informal meeting of leaders from key European Union nations and the United Kingdom at the

Trump's rhetoric at the time sparked a major debate over the future of European security. Macron, who also took office in 2017, began to propose the formation of a "true European army" as an alternative to NATO and famously warned of the "brain death" of the alliance in 2019.

Germans are divided on whether a proposed 'European Army' is a good idea for the country.Earlier this month, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the Munich Security Conference that with the USA more reluctant to support its Western allies alternative transcontinental defence measures must be sought.

The Christian Democrats won with 28.6% of the vote while the far-right Alternative for Germany came second with 20.8%.

Germany now faces a change of government, with conservative Christian Democratic Union party chief Friedrich Merz set to become the next chancellor. What's next for Germany's foreign and security policy?

French President Emmanuel Macron met with members of Congress this afternoon following a news conference with President Donald Trump and a meeting in the Oval Office, as European leaders look to shore up transatlantic alliances.

Friedrich Merz is set to become the next Chancellor at a time of great tumult at home and abroad, writes John Kampfner.

European leaders were summoned by French President Emmanuel Macron in a high-profile display of European coordination on Ukraine.