French President Emmanuel Macron called upon Europe to "rediscover taste for risk, ambition, and power" and reject dependence on the U.S., the French news channel BFM TV reported on Feb. 28. The comments come amid seismic geopolitical shifts as U.

The French president has appealed to the European Union residents. He believes Europeans should prepare "for difficult times ahead " and adds that globally, old alliances are being challenged. During a visit to the Portuguese parliament,

Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday corrected President Donald Trump’s comment on Europe’s aid to Ukraine, three days after President Emmanuel Macron did the same. The United States and other countries under the North Atlantic Treaty Organization,

Western leaders came out to back Ukraine after Friday’s acrimonious meeting between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky deepened the already yawning fault lines between Washington and many of its key allies.

The statements piled up on social media, offering words of encouragement to the Ukrainian leader and his people.

European leaders lined up to show solidarity with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday, after he came under attack from U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance in a stunning White House confrontation.