French and British leaders rush to a historical meeting in Washington
French and British leaders rush to a historical meeting in Washington
A crucial week stands in front of Ukraine and the West. The leaders of the two European nuclear powers have to visit the White House in order to bring themselves back into conversation for themselves and Ukraine after their exclusion from the US Russian talks to terminate the war.
shock waves within the transatlantic alliance
Last week
French President Emmanuel Macron will meet Trump on Monday - on the third anniversary of Russia's brutal invasion into sovereign democracy Ukraine, which cost tens of thousands of civilians and are accused of Putin and his troops of war crimes. The British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will follow on Thursday, in the most difficult moment of his short term, while large differences between Washington and London are revealed to the reality of the Ukrainian situation. Great Britain and France design plans for a European “Reafurance Force” that could possibly include up to 30,000 soldiers who could be sent to Ukraine in the event of a peace agreement. However, this idea encounters massive obstacles - not least because an agreement that both Selenskyj and Putin could agree to appears to be extremely unlikely. Straiter has already warned that the Force could not work without a "backing" that may include security policy guarantees, American intelligence cooperation, air support and transportation. An important question will be whether Trump is interested in this in view of Russia's resistance to NATO troops in Ukraine under any flag. While Trump leads the USA in a new direction in Ukraine, historical cracks open that endanger the transatlantic alliance and the post -war order of the Second World War. Trump treats America's long -term friends who have failed to react to the requests of the newer presidents and to spend more for defense than opponents. The new government has already destroyed decades of European assumptions about America's security guarantees for the West. The President's decision to stand on the side of Putin instead of supporting Selenskyj-and trying to create a tight agreement to export the rare dates of Ukraine as a repayment for past US help-has shocked the transatlantic allies. Defense Minister Pete Hegseth's warning in Brussels that Europe had to assume the main responsibility for its own security, questioned the NATO principle of collective defense. And Vice President JD vance ’ s criticism of the European governments and values in Munich was perceived as an attempt in Europe To destabilize continental leaders in the sense of the right-wing populists who are ideologically inspired by the Maga movement. In a remarkable comment that reflected the historical times, the next German leader Friedrich Merz, who leads the conservative Christian democratic union, which is leading the Sunday election scenario according to models, the new government program. "My absolute priority will be to strengthen Europe as soon as possible so that we can really achieve independence from the USA step by step," said Merz in a television discussion after the exit polls also showed huge profits for the extreme right AfD. Visit from Macron and Strandmer
European "Security Force" in conversation
historical division of the transatlantic alliance
Putin and Selenskyj in focus
future of Europe in change