French President Emmanuel Macron has issued one of his strongest warnings yet about growing security threats in Europe, declaring, “Ukraine has become a global conflict.” In a national speech on Wednesday,

EU leaders gather for an emergency defence summit in Brussels as future partnership with US remains uncertain.

The European Union is making rearmament its priority to counter the menace of a bellicose Russia and an unfriendly United States under President Donald Trump.

As geopolitical uncertainties cast doubt over the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) future, particularly in light of a second Trump presidency, France is asserting itself as the primary architect of European strategic autonomy.

In a television address tonight, he said the world was entering a 'new era' and a 'global conflict' was already underway.

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Poland and Baltic nations have welcomed a proposal by French President Emmanuel Macron to launch talks about using France’s nuclear deterrent to protect the continent from Russian threats.

There will never be an EU army led by a "mad" French President Emmanuel Macron, Deputy Premier, Transport Minister and right-wing League party leader Matteo Salvini said Friday amid French-led moves to set up a European army and possibly send peacekeepers to police a future Ukraine peace deal.

Despite his meeting with American President, Donald Trump only ten days ago, with Trump’s volte-face in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky buckling under American pressure,

Russia has blasted a “confrontational” speech by French president Emmanuel Macron in which he said Paris would consider using its nuclear deterrent to protect other countries. Mr Macron said in a televised speech on Wednesday that France was ready to discuss extending the protection of its nuclear arsenal to other European countries.