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00:00European countries need to do more for their collective security.
00:05That's the growing consensus among key leaders who are convening in Paris on Monday, according
00:10to French authorities.
00:12There is a wind of unity blowing over Europe, as we perhaps have not felt since the Covid
00:19period.
00:21Europeans were united last Wednesday in Paris, this weekend in Munich, and on Monday around
00:26the President of the Republic.
00:28The emergency summit will host representatives from the UK, Germany, Italy, Britain, Poland
00:33and Denmark, who are expected to outline a European action plan and discuss the deployment
00:39of troops to Ukraine, if there were to be a peace settlement.
00:44It was called amid growing concerns about the new US administration's rhetoric on the
00:48war, after President Donald Trump's 90-minute phone call with President Vladimir Putin had
00:54palms sweating.
00:56EU leaders said they must not be locked out of peace talks, as their security and interests
01:01are at stake too.
01:03A call reiterated by Volodymyr Zelensky.
01:07Ukraine will never accept deals made behind our backs without our involvement.
01:15And the same rule should apply to all of Europe.
01:20No decisions about Ukraine without Ukraine, no decisions about Europe without Europe.
01:27But the US Secretary of State has downplayed concerns, saying nothing's been finalised.
01:33It will reach a point when you are, if it's real negotiations, and we're not there yet,
01:37but if that were to happen, Ukraine will have to be involved, because they're the one that
01:40were invaded.
01:41And the Europeans will have to be involved, because they have sanctions on Putin and Russia
01:46as well.
01:47And they've contributed to this effort.
01:49We're just not there yet.
01:50We really aren't.
01:51He added that one phone call does not make peace, and that the coming weeks would reveal
01:55Putin's true intentions on whether or not he wants to end the war for good.