BRUSSELS ― Emmanuel Macron is planning to host a group of European leaders on Thursday, March 27, to discuss Ukraine and security in Europe, three officials told POLITICO.
The summit is a follow-up to the French president’s February and March gatherings of European and NATO leaders in Paris to discuss defense guarantees for Ukraine and the wider continent.
The meeting will come as European leaders scramble to boost the European Union’s defense capacities in the face of threats from Russia and drastic changes to U.S. foreign policy under President Donald Trump. It also reflects increasing political buy-in for a “coalition of the willing” ― a number of EU countries with others, possibly including Canada and Turkey ― to step in to support Ukraine.
On Monday, representatives of the U.S. government will meet diplomats from Moscow and Kyiv in Saudi Arabia to negotiate a possible ceasefire agreement.