France's Macron to host emergency European summit on Ukraine

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Reuters


MUNICH (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron will host European leaders, including Britain's prime minister on Monday for an emergency summit on the Ukraine war after U.S. officials suggested Europe would have no role in any talks on ending the conflict.

The French presidency said on Sunday Macron had called for the "consultation talks" and that they would address the tumultuous change in the U.S. approach to Ukraine and the attendant risks to the security of the European continent.
Others at the summit meeting will be German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Ursula von der Leyen and Antonio Costa from the European Union.

The French presidency sought to assuage those misgivings saying Monday's meeting could lead to other formats "with the objective of gathering all partners interested in peace and European security".

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https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-02-16/macron-to-host-european-leaders-meeting-on-ukraine-on-monday-says-french-minister

 

[Tall Timbers]

Since pre-Trump both Europe and the USA under whoever was making the Executive decisions did everything to keep the war going, never trying to bring it to an end.

It makes sense that Trump doesn't want those globalist troublemakers involved. Europe is weak because they've been happy to have the protection of the USA. Now they're in a fix. We'll see if they choose self preservation or go some other route that could possibly be the end of NATO and make them sitting ducks for whomever wants to invade any of the 30 or so European NATO nations. Actually, a few of those nations have taken their military preparedness a little more seriously than the others.

 

[1LoverofGod]

This is not new.
I remember when Trump was in his first term of office, Macron made a statement, in 2017 I believe, saying that Europe couldn't rely on the United States any longer and a European military has to be formed. And what was his reason for saying this?
His reference to Trump was clear by saying Trump is a "nationalist".
It's not about the United States but it's about Trump and his America first policies.


It was 2018
Here's the article....

Macron Calls for ‘Real European Army’ to Protect EU from U.S.​

The progressive leader, a proponent of greater EU federalisation which will result in the reduction in sovereignty for European nations, told Europe 1 Monday night that the bloc needs a “real European army”.

“We have to protect ourselves with respect to China, Russia and even the United States of America,” Macron said, according to Agence France-Presse.

Macron has been building his international profile based on his opposition to the policies of U.S. President Donald Trump, seeking to forge a ‘European front’ against the American leader ahead of the G-7 Summit in June — with Trump schooling his fellow progressive world leaders on ‘America First’.

While at the United Nations in September, Macron, who has fallen to an all-time low of 21 per cent popularity in his home country, attempted to give a defence to globalism while criticising the pro-sovereignty, strong borders vision of President Trump’s America.

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Macron Calls for ‘Real European Army’ to Protect EU from U.S.

French President Emmanuel Macron has reiterated calls for an EU army, this time saying that it is needed to protect the bloc from the U.S.

www.breitbart.com

 

[Margery]

He's on a quest to be relevant and pull his popularity out of the dumpster fire. Trump is a good way to score points because the media is set against Trump. And the population believes the media tale of orange man bad.

This meeting Macron is holding in Paris to discuss Ukraine's future doesn't include the US but it does include Poland and NATO's European head, Mark Rutte.

In other words, we should see some serious separation within NATO start to develop as Europe tries to stand on it's own. I expect the rift to widen between the USA and the countries who took it's defence for granted.

Whatever reactions and explosions happen at this meeting with Macron Paris with this group, will continue into the G7 meeting in June (G7 is USA, Canada, Japan, UK, France, Germany and Italy).

NATO is probably about to morph into a different alliance. One that is primarily European in opposition to the Russian bloc.

I think this is jumpstarting the EU to get their Rome 2.0 selves together in time for the Tribulation. On their own, this would never happen, but they are uniting over a perceived threat. That is usually what it takes for people to start something.

As long as America put up the money to defend Europe, they spent their funds on other things. Now that they might have to back up their empty words with money, an army, weapons of their own, now it gets serious enough that we can see Rome 2.0 starting to pull together.

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

There'll be some back-channel communication with the US, simply by virtue of NATO members being there.


But the end of the US as a NATO member has been written on the wall, and this time it's carved in stone, instead of merely spray-painted. Not so easy to cover up, change, or make go away.

Yet another sign we're going home soon


If anyone routinely buys anything from a business in Europe, or something that comes from Europe, now is likely a good time to stock up. The organic olive oil I normally use is now $33 a bottle at WF, which is by far the cheapest place to get it. Fortunately, it can be refrigerated or frozen to prolong shelf life, and we were going through a lot more when Parents were alive, so I still have a little of that left [whew!]