European leaders demand a say in US talks to end Russia’s war in Ukraine

Emmanuel Macron walks with Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

European leaders have insisted their governments must have a say in talks between the US and Russia to end the war in Ukraine, after Moscow and Washington said there was no role for Europe in the negotiations.

Leaders of Germany, the UK, Italy, Poland, Spain, the Netherlands, Denmark, Nato and the European Union met for more than three hours at the Elysee Palace in Paris for emergency talks on Europe’s security quandary after a US diplomatic blitz on Ukraine which has thrown a once-solid alliance into turmoil.