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.

French President Emmanuel Macron will address the nation on Wednesday evening to try and soothe voters' concerns over the new U.S. administration's upending of the international order.

To face that threat without the United States, Macron said he had decided to open a strategic debate on expanding France's nuclear deterrent to protect the country's European allies — something incoming German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has also advocated.

France’s prime minister has torn into U.S. President Donald Trump’s Oval Office thrashing of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy by calling it a staggering show of “brutality.”

The French defense minister says France is also seeking access to Ukraine’s deposits of critical minerals, indicating that the United States isn’t the only player.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that he is still ready to sign a minerals deal with the United States. He made the comments to British media in London, explaining that he