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How the Europeans are trying to regain the initiative against Trump

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Published: February 17th, 2025,
Last updated: March 5th, 2025

Ursula von der Leyen is also present at the crisis meeting hosted by Emmanuel Macron today.
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The shock of Munich and the announcements made by the US administration over the last few days are still having an impact. Initially, the crisis meeting was supposed to take place on Sunday, but now Emmanuel Macron has invited people to Paris this afternoon after hectic consultations. The French President is bringing together the most important European states to discuss Europe’s security and the situation in Ukraine, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot told Radio France Inter. Following the Munich Security Conference, the Europeans must quickly position themselves on the threatened US withdrawal from Europe and Donald Trump’s Ukraine peace negotiations with Vladimir Putin, diplomats said.

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