French President Emmanuel Macron said he wants the European Union to boost its military autonomy and alleviate reliance on the US over the next five to 10 years — responding to a long-running demand from Washington.

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.

French President Emmanuel Macron will meet US President Trump in Washington, DC today. February 24 marks the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez will travel to

French President Emmanuel Macron gathers European leaders on February 17 for an emergency summit in Paris. This was stated at the Munich Security Conference by Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski,

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday that he will urge US President Donald Trump to avoid making allies "suffer" by imposing new tariffs on their goods.

Europe’s leaders are caught between the need to boost their defence spending in a hurry, and their tight finances. The European leaders gathered by French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday at a rapidly convened summit in Paris may have debated the creation of a joint borrowing vehicle that would help shore up their militaries while mutualising the associated fiscal cost.

I will talk to him about this because we need to calm things down," Emmanuel Macron said. "Agriculture is one of France's great export businesses,'