Emmanuel Macron has seemingly taken a veiled swipe at Donald Trump after hauling French army chiefs to Paris for a crisis meeting. The French President confirmed the top brass of France's military will meet in the capital next week amid calls for an Franco-British peacekeeping force to head to Ukraine.

French President Emmanuel Macron said in a televised address to the nation on Wednesday he plans to hold a meeting of all European army chiefs in Paris next week.

The French president says Europe must increase their defence spending, in a televised address on the war in Ukraine.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said he was willing to discuss offering European allies the protection of France's nuclear capabilities, adding that Russia represented a genuine threat to the continent's security with U.

French President Emmanuel Macron Addresses Nation In Wake Of U.S. Suspension Of Military Aid For Ukraine: “We Are Entering A New Era”

President Emmanuel Macron wants to build up French defence spending as Washington threatens to pull its European security guarantee, but funding those plans as his government struggles to tame an unruly deficit won't be easy.