European summit in Paris
The American demarches have caused nervousness in European ranks. On Monday, a series of heads of state and government will meet in Paris. "The President of the French Republic will bring together the main European countries on Monday for talks on European security," French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot confirmed on France Inter on Sunday. According to him, it is a "working meeting" and there is no reason for "overdramatization."

Macron will meet in the French capital with the heads of government of Germany (Olaf Scholz), the United Kingdom (Keir Starmer), Italy (Giorgia Meloni), Poland (Donald Tusk), Spain (Pedro Sánchez), the Netherlands (Dick Schoof) and Denmark (Mette Frederiksen), as well as with the President of the European Council (Antonio Costa), the President of the European Commission (Von der Leyen) and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.

The Netherlands is positive about contributing to a possible European deterrent force that would be deployed after a peace agreement in Ukraine. Prime Minister Dick Schoof said this on Saturday at the security conference in Munich.

NATO chief Mark Rutte said on Saturday that he has little sympathy for the shocked European reactions to American statements this week and the complaint that Europe is not at the table. 'I don't think that breathless 'daddy, can I also sit at the table' is strong. My advice is: come up with your own ideas with which you can fight your way to the table. Make sure you are on eye level with the Americans.'

He also expressed some surprise at the European surprise: the Americans have not said 'anything in the past week that was not said thirty times during the campaign'. However, he denied that the Europeans have done nothing since Trump's election. 'I know that there have been intensive discussions going on for some time.'