European leaders gathered in Paris on Monday for emergency talks after the U.S. pushed ahead with unilateral Russia-Ukraine peace negotiations in Saudi Arabia, heightening concerns that Europe would be sidelined.
No concrete outcomes emerged from the Paris meeting, but European leaders reiterated that any lasting peace would require their involvement alongside continued U.S. support.
The U.K. and Sweden signaled a willingness to deploy troops to Ukraine as part of a future peacekeeping force, while Poland ruled out sending troops but urged greater defense spending.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer stressed that European security was at stake and confirmed his visit to Washington next week to meet President Trump.