European Union leaders on Friday downplayed skepticism from U.S. President Donald Trump about solidarity among NATO members.

The EU is poised to spend up to €800billion (£660billion) on defence thanks to a new major continental funding drive, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen has vowed. On Tuesday, Von der Leyen proposed a borrowing drive worth €150billion to lend to EU Governments - which,

Emmanuel Macron, the French President, said Europe had rallied to Ukraine’s cause because it was faced by an “imperial” nuclear power in Russia. Antonio Costa and Ursula von der Leyen is ...

Emmanuel Macron, the French president, epitomized how the continent’s leaders are trying to navigate President Trump’s increasingly hostile administration.

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.

Keir Starmer has been joined by Emmanuel Macron, Ursula von der Leyen and other key European leaders as they begin to arrive at Lancaster House for a London summit. The meeting will be the biggest European peace summit since the end of the Second World War.