PM says he and Macron have agreed to begin talks as Europe scrambles to respond to White House disaster

Summary

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced that Britain and France will develop a Ukraine peace plan independent of US-Russia talks, following Donald Trump’s hostile meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Starmer coordinated with French President Emmanuel Macron and other allies to support Ukraine and repair strained ties with Washington.

Meanwhile, the UK signed a £2.3bn loan deal to fund Ukrainian arms purchases.

Starmer emphasized the need for American cooperation and expressed skepticism about Vladimir Putin’s commitment to any agreement.

  • realitista@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    20 hours ago

    I don’t think it’s positive for peace. The pax-Americana has been one of the most peaceful times in all of history. Without them we are likely to go back to big countries picking on small countries again and other small regional conflicts as there is no recourse for doing so.

    • DimmerEnglish
      2·
      16 hours ago

      The desire for keeping “good old times” of pax-America are exactly what Trump is leveraging to extract more juice out of Europe and others.

      Time to get out of this abusive relationship, and face the challenges in real life.

      • realitista@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        15 hours ago

        I think it’s the exact opposite, he’s tearing down all the sources of soft power and goodwill that this peace was based on. He’s going back to the merchantilist and imperialist “every man for himself” strategies of the 1800s.