The Munich Security Conference may be over for another year, but the reverberations of the past few days are ricocheting across Europe as Ukraine faces a defining moment. The latest: French President Emmanuel Macron will host European leaders in Paris today for crisis talks as they scramble to respond to the fast-moving events of recent days.

Algerian writer Boualem Sansal delivers his speech after receiving the Peace Prize of German book seller's association "Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels" during a ceremony in Frankfurt October 16,

French President Emmanuel Macron, left, greets Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz as he arrives for an informal meeting of leaders from key European Union nations and the United Kingdom at the

Vance’s shocking words — and the prospects of American disengagement — were so traumatic, they prompted French President Emmanuel Macron to cobble together an emergency summit of European leaders, where the participants promptly agreed on nothing .

French President Emmanuel Macron has said he is ready to start discussions for nuclear deterrence for Europe in response to the threat posed by Moscow. Macron told the newspaper Le Monde he was ready for talks about nuclear weapons for the continent following a request from the likely German chancellor,

Moscow, not Kyiv, is the aggressor in the ongoing war, emphasized Emmanuel Macron on Friday. The President of France also directly referenced Donald Trump's comments about "gambling with world war three.

Moscow, not Kyiv, is the aggressor in the ongoing war, emphasized Emmanuel Macron on Friday. The President of France also directly referenced Donald Trump's remarks about "gambling with world war three.

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.

To immediately free up budgetary leeway to finance his country's rearmament, the incoming chancellor plans to vote in a special €200 billion fund for the army. He hopes to reform the strict budgetary rules – the "debt brake" – enshrined in the Basic Law, with the support of the outgoing Bundestag.

Plan to deliver missiles to Ukraine to be raised in talks between Sir Keir Starmer, Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders on Sunday