(L-R) Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer and France’s President Emmanuel Macron greet each other. Photo / AFP
France and Britain are proposing a one-month truce in Ukraine โin the air, at seaโ after crisis talks in London, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday.
In an interview with Franceโs Le Figaro newspaper, he also suggested that European countries should raise their defence spending to between 3.0 and 3.5% of GDP to respond to Washingtonโs shifting priorities.
The problem there was it would be very difficult to check that it was being respected given the size of the front line, he said.
Peacekeepers would be deployed at a later date, he said, adding: โThere wonโt be European troops on Ukrainian soil in the coming weeks.โ