French President Emmanuel Macron is back at the center of global diplomacy, seeking to ease relations with President Donald Trump, championing a Ukraine peace plan alongside his British counterpart, and seeing his longstanding desire to boost European defense turning into reality.

European leaders have welcomed France’s offer to protect them with its nuclear shield, inciting fury from the Kremlin.

Macron said in his television address that France will have to spend more on defense and will continue to assist Ukraine. He stated that he hoped to get America's support on these

EU leaders agree £650bn defence package and Zelensky prepares for peace talks with US - Ursula von der Leyen proposed the ‘ReArm Europe’ scheme, hailing a ‘watershed moment’

Macron’s words imply that "France thinks more about war than peace," he claimed. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, for his part, thanked his French counterpart for his "clear vision" and joint efforts to achieve peace.

Vladimir Putin declared on Thursday during a meeting with women who lost family members in the war initiated by Russia that his country should choose a peace in Ukraine that ensures Russia's long-term security and sustainable development,

At the heart of NATO, the world’s longest-standing security alliance, is the notion that an attack on one is an attack on all. But with many in Europe doubting a Trump-led United States will really come through for them,

Europeans are reconsidering their security and giving currency to an idea the U.S. has long sought to avoid: a nuclear-armed Germany.