European leaders at an emergency meeting in Paris Monday were divided on how to respond to US President Donald Trump's dramatic policy shift on Ukraine, with France and Britain pushing for security guarantees and Germany bristling at suggestions troops could be deployed.
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00:00We have to continue to support Ukraine, and we will continue to do so.
00:07We have to continue to support Ukraine, and we will continue to do so.
00:13We have to continue to support Ukraine, and we will continue to do so.
00:20We have to continue to support Ukraine, and we will continue to do so.
00:26It is very clear to us that we have to continue to support Ukraine,
00:30and it has to and can rely on us that this will be the case.
00:34We welcome that there are talks about peace development,
00:38but for us it has to and should be clear,
00:41that does not mean that there can be a dictatorship peace
00:45and that Ukraine must accept what is presented to her.
00:56Mr. Sánchez.
01:04Europe has to define, once and for all,
01:09security, its security and its defense as a public good.
01:13And if it is a European public good,
01:15as for example the Spanish government believes it is,
01:18then we need to articulate mechanisms
01:22of the European Union to be able to finance
01:25and increase our capacity for security and defense.
01:28That is the debate.
01:30Mr. Prime Minister.
01:37I am prepared to consider committing British forces on the ground,
01:41alongside others, if there is a lasting peace agreement.
01:47But there must be a US backstop,
01:51because a US security guarantee is the only way
01:56to effectively deter Russia from attacking Ukraine again.
02:02So I will go to Washington next week to meet President Trump
02:07and to discuss what we see as the key elements of a lasting peace.
02:17If we keep an eye on our fiscal financing,
02:20it will certainly...