In declarations to the France Inter channel, the International Minister specified that President Emmanuel Macron will welcome representatives of “the principle European international locations”, with out mentioning them or going into particulars of the content material of what he described as “a working assembly”.
The day earlier than, the Polish Chancellery referred to the assembly, which is predicted to be attended by, amongst others, the German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, and the British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, and the Polish Prime Minister, Donald Tusk.
The urgency of the assembly is obvious: within the European Union (EU), of which the UK is now not a member, there’s concern concerning the change of place of the US within the struggle in Ukraine with the arrival within the White Home of Donald Trump, who appears prepared to barter along with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, the top of the battle, with out giving a voice to the Europeans within the course of. Since Trump’s triumph grew to become a actuality, a number of EU leaders, together with Macron, have known as for strengthening the 27-nation bloc, significantly on problems with protection and financial independence.
It’s not recognized whether or not or not the Ukrainian president, Volodymir Zelensky, may have a spot at tomorrow’s assembly in Paris, the place the difficulty of the struggle will undoubtedly take heart stage.
Conscious of the change in Washington, which used to ship cash and weapons to Kiev, Zelensky has began to ask for EU assist to be taken under consideration within the eventual negotiations.
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