Trump has promised to push for peace talks in Ukraine within six months but has criticized Europe's lack of defense spending.

French President Emmanuel Macron warned on Monday that the billions of euros of taxpayer money spent on Europe's military budgets should not be used to buy only American weapons, pushing for more investment in home-grown defence industries.

French President Emmanuel Macron has called on Europe to "wake up" and spend more on defense, in a speech to the French military as Donald Trump returns to power.

CESSON-SÉVIGNÉ, France — French President Emmanuel Macron hinted on Monday that France would need to go beyond NATO’s current spending target, especially if United States President Donald Trump pulls the American military out of Europe.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday warned that Russia's war against Ukraine would not end "tomorrow or the day after" as Donald Trump, who pledged to quickly wind up the conflict, returned to the White House.

Donald Trump has broken with tradition and invited foreign politicians to his swearing-in, including conservative and far-right figures such as Italy's Giorgia Meloni, Argentina's Javier Milei and French MEP Marion Maréchal.

Sir Keir Starmer will hold crisis talk with Emmanuel Macron tomorrow ahead of Donald Trump's return as US President.

The city of Paris has quit the platform X over concerns about disinformation and hate speech. The PR account's exit comes at the same time as French President Emmanuel Macron is pushing for X owner Elon Musk and United States President-elect Donald Trump to attend Paris' flagship artificial intelligence summit next month.

President-elect Donald Trump will return to office on Monday having promised a peace deal to end Russia's war on Ukraine, still raging after nearly three years of combat.

President-elect Donald Trump broke centuries of precedent when he invited ... It is unknown whether Trump personally invited French President Emmanuel Macron to attend the inauguration, although the two men enjoyed a friendly meeting at the grand reopening ...

The U.K., France and other allies have discussed the possibility of deploying peacekeeping troops to Ukraine as the war escalates.

Emmanuel Macron gave a speech to the French armed forces in the face of an 'acceleration' of threats which, in his view, requires Europe to 'spend more on defense.'