President Donald Trump, right, and France's President Emmanuel Macron shake hands during a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025.

French President Emmanuel Macron is coming to Washington next week, national security adviser Mike Waltz said on Wednesday. Macron called for an emergency “informal” meeting with world leaders just days ago in Paris to discuss European security and the challenges posed by President Donald Trump’s administration.

The U.S. opposed a U.N. resolution condemning Russia for the Ukraine war. Trump hosted French President Emmanuel Macron at the White House. Trump’s administration says agencies can ignore Musk’s email decree.

French President Emmanuel Macron, arrives at the White House, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

The leaders of France and Britain are making tag-team visits to Washington this week as Europe attempts to persuade President Donald Trump not to abandon Ukraine in pursuit of a peace deal in the three-year-old war with Russia.

French President Emmanuel Macron traveled to Washington seeking to convince President Trump to stand by Europe’s side in his talks with Russia about ending the war in Ukraine.

French President Emmanuel Macron is meeting with members of Congress this afternoon following a news conference with President Donald Trump and a meeting in the Oval Office, as European leaders look to shore up transatlantic alliances.

A gesture by Stephen Bannon at CPAC, outside Washington, echoed a move by Elon Musk and prompted the president of France’s far-right National Rally to say it had evoked “Nazi ideology.”

Emmanuel Macron, the French president, epitomized how the continent’s leaders are trying to navigate President Trump’s increasingly hostile administration.

Incoming German Chancellor Friedrich Merz last week said the UK and France should discuss whether their nuclear protection could extend to Germany.

An official in Romania says that the notorious French fugitive who staged a deadly escape that killed two guards last year is extradited to France from Romania, days after his arrest in Bucharest ende