Quotes
I met with the foreign ministers of all of the key countries and our allies in Europe, both in the G7 setting, G7+1 with the EU, and then a separate meeting with what they call the Quint, which is the key countries involved,
Rubio told Catherine Herridge in an interview Friday
.jpg)
It is in his interest to work with the Europeans because Europe has a capacity for growth an economic potential to cooperate with Americans,
Macron said
He is going to Washington with proposals for action that reflect the convergences that emerged"
the advisor saidYou have a power that has overly armed itself... and continues to arm itself,
Macron said, before departing for WashingtonThe idea is to deploy soldiers to a second line, not on the front line. This could be combined with a multinational operation, with non-European contingents,
said a French source close to the discussions.jpg)
Nobody wants the bloodshed to continue. Nobody, least of all the Ukrainians,
Starmer said at the Scottish Labour Party conference in Glasgow
We came very, very close to signing something. And I think we will be using that framework as a guidepost to get a peace deal done between Ukraine and Russia,
Witkoff told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union.”I’ve been watching for years, and I’ve been watching him negotiate with no cards. He has no cards. And you get sick of it,
Trump said on Fox News Radio’s “The Brian Kilmeade Show” Friday.jpg)
My absolute priority will be to strengthen Europe as quickly as possible so that, step by step, we can really achieve independence from the USA,
Merz said at a televised roundtable after the exit polls also showed huge gains for the extreme-right AfD partyYou know, they haven’t done anything,
he told KilmeadeI would never have believed that I would have to say something like that on television. But at the very least, after Donald Trump’s statements last week, it is clear that the Americans — at least this part of the Americans in this administration — are largely indifferent to the fate of Europe,
Merz saidThe president understands how to get deals done. Deals only work when they’re good for all the parties. And that’s the pathway that we’re on here.”
He addedYou know, Macron’s a friend of mine, and I met with the prime minister, and you know, he’s a very nice guy, but nobody’s done anything,
Trump saidI’m going to tell him: ‘You can’t be weak with President Putin. That’s not who you are, it’s not your trademark, it’s not in your interest’,
Macron said Thursday in a Q&A on the internet
The United States has thrown down the gauntlet, and the right response is to throw it back with a set of plans on how to respond, and [the Europeans] haven’t done it yet,
said Ivo Daalder, who was U.S. ambassador to NATO under President Barack ObamaWe need … to build a security plan for Europe at a time when public opinion isn’t ready. And you can’t do that and manage the withdrawal of some 100,000 American soldiers out of Europe. That is why we can’t break [with Trump],
the diplomat addedThe president is one of the rare leaders who has real experience [with Trump] and who worked closely with Trump during his first mandate,
said a French presidential aide
It started in Munich [at the Munich Security Conference], the whole adventure of U.S. policy realignment. Then it was reinforced by information [that] different actors received in Riyadh [during U.S.-Russia talks] and what was actually discussed there,
Aaltola said in a phone interviewWe need to internalize that [Trump] can take radically hostile decisions if he’s offended,
said a European diplomat, who like others in this article was granted anonymity to discuss a sensitive topicThis includes a European contribution of some 30,000 troops, with the U.K. and France taking the lead there,
the EU diplomat said