French President Macron and UK PM Keir Starmer invited to White House for Ukraine talks

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French President Macron and UK PM Keir Starmer invited to White House for Ukraine talks  US National Security Adviser Mike Waltz announced the two key European leaders will have a seat at the negotiating table after EU leaders raised the alarm over Donald Trump’s handling of the war in Ukraine.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/02/19/french-president-macron-and-uk-pm-keir-starmer-invited-to-white-house-for-ukraine-talks  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Is Emmanuel Macron's gamble starting to pay off after organising two emergency summits

00:13in Paris this week with EU nations and NATO member states to come up with a united front

00:19to the lightning rapprochement between Moscow and the US?

00:22Well, it looks like Europe is finally invited to the negotiating table.

00:27Just after the second emergency meeting in Paris this Wednesday, US President Donald

00:33Trump's national security adviser, Mike Waltz, announced that both Macron and British Prime

00:38Minister Keir Starmer will be invited to the White House next week.

00:43One of the main fears today is that Trump could reach an agreement with Russia that

00:47would work against the security interests of both Ukraine and the EU.

00:52But other than the general consensus that Russia is a threat, well, the 27th bloc is

00:57still deeply divided on how to respond to this, especially when it comes to whether

01:02or not to send peacekeeping troops to Ukraine.

01:06However, the French President announced on his ex-account, former Twitter, that decisions

01:12concerning European security will be taken in the coming days and weeks, stating that

01:17the 27th bloc is convinced of the need to increase the defence and security spending

01:23and capabilities of Europe.

01:25Sofia Katsenkova reporting from Paris for Euronews.

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