{"id":11668,"date":"2026-06-19T18:51:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T15:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=11668"},"modified":"2026-06-19T18:51:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T15:51:00","slug":"emmanuel-macron-without-europe-there-can-be-no-peace-talks-on-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=11668","title":{"rendered":"Emmanuel Macron: Without Europe, there can be no peace talks on Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <b>strong statement by Emmanuel Macron<\/b> on the <b>war in Ukraine<\/b> and the <b>critical role of Europe<\/b> in the peace <b>negotiations <\/b>and <b>geopolitical developments<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>In <b>a period of intense geopolitical realignments<\/b> and <b>ongoing uncertainty surrounding the course of war<\/b> in <b>Ukraine<\/b>, European leaders <b>are forcefully raising the issue of their institutional involvement<\/b> in any future <b>framework for peace talks<\/b>. The intervention <b>by French President Emmanuel Macron in Brussels<\/b> reinforces the position that the <b>European Union cannot remain a peripheral observer<\/b> in a <b>conflict that directly affects the security, the economy and the strategic balance of the continent<\/b>. At the same time, <b>the discussion extends to the role of EU institutions<\/b>, focusing on <b>how they might participate in a potential round of negotiations<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>This <b>position adds to an already tense diplomatic landscape<\/b>, where <b>European capitals are attempting<\/b> to <b>redefine their role in relation to initiatives<\/b> for a possible <b>start of dialogue<\/b>, seeking a clear institutional <b>presence and a say in developments surrounding Ukraine<\/b>.<\/p>\n<h3>The position<\/h3>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Europeans must be at the negotiating table whenever and wherever peace talks are held to end the war in Ukraine,\u2019 French President Emmanuel Macron said today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u201cWe have always maintained that, when negotiations take place, Europeans must be at the negotiating table, because this concerns Europe\u2019s interests,\u201d Macron said, speaking as the EU summit in Brussels was drawing to a close.<\/p>\n<p>Macron added that Ant\u00f3nio Costa \u2014President of the European Council\u2014 could participate in such negotiations, provided that his role in that capacity was clearly defined.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emmanuel Macron&#8217;s strong statement on the war in Ukraine and Europe&#8217;s crucial role in the peace negotiations&nbsp;and the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11669,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}