Macron refuses to leave the table!
At the White House meeting between the US, Ukraine, and Europe, Macron proposed holding a "four-party conference" including Europe in the future on the Ukraine issue. He said that the idea of a trilateral meeting between the US, Russia, and Ukraine is very important and is the only way to solve the problem, but he proposed also involving Europe. He did not specify who would represent Europe? Himself or a collective of European leaders? Anyway, it must remain at the table.
The White House meeting, Macron sat to the right of Trump, a prominent position, but his proposal was countering Trump's current dominant "trilateral talks".
Trump said during his bilateral meeting with Zelenskyy that if everything goes smoothly, a "US-Ukraine-Russia trilateral meeting" will be held, and the war might end then, and whether to stop the fighting before reaching a peace agreement doesn't matter much, even "fighting while negotiating", and the US is willing to participate in providing "similar NATO" security guarantees.
If the "trilateral talks" framework proposed by Trump operates, there will be no role for Europeans, and Europeans will basically not be at the table. However, Macron, an "Europeanist", believes that Europe must have a say in the Ukraine issue, otherwise all the credit will go to Trump.
The president now must be really annoyed by little Mac, as he is not capable of achieving anything, yet he is someone who loves to show off more than him.
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