Summary
European leaders met in Paris to address concerns over U.S. policy on Ukraine after Trump’s administration signaled a shift toward engaging Russia while sidelining allies.
Trump’s special envoy ruled out European involvement in Ukraine peace talks, prompting fears about NATO’s future.
Leaders, including Macron and Scholz, discussed boosting EU defense spending and potential security guarantees for Ukraine.
they won’t band together to defy trump, which is the only possible way they can hope to defy trump.
c’est la vie
The article literally says they’re banding together
talking about doing a thing is not the same as doing the thing
Although they’ve demonstrated to do the thing they’re saying when put up to the test. Hopefully this is a situation where that will can be found