European leaders gather to discuss Ukraine (and U.S.)

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Leaders from major European countries are in Paris to discuss the continent’s defense in the light of the new U.S. administration changing its military priorities. CGTN’s Ross Cullen reports from Paris.   #europe #trump

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00:00We're European leaders gathering here in Paris on Monday. Two key themes on the agenda for

00:08their summits. Collective security, how they are going to likely have to spend more money

00:14on defence, increase the size of their armed forces and take more responsibility for collective

00:19security because in the wake of the changing politics from the United States, the Trump

00:25administration likely to reform the guarantor of security, that role that the US has been

00:32playing as the backstop to Europe's defence for a century now, withdrawing and reducing

00:38that support, so Europe having to discuss that. And also for the leaders, Ukraine, how

00:43to support the ongoing war effort potentially with boots on the ground in the form of British

00:49and French and other European armed forces, sending in peacekeepers if and when there

00:54is a peace agreement signed between Kiev and Moscow.

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