Economics
Starmer to Urge Europe to Face New Reality After Zelenskiy Talks
- UK prime minister hosts allies for security talks in London
- Seeks to salvage relations between Trump and Ukraine leader
Keir Starmer and Volodymyr Zelenskiy at 10 Downing Street in London on March 1.
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Keir Starmer will tell European leaders that they need to face the “brutal reality” and increase defense spending, as the British prime minister seeks to use his line into the White House to keep the trans-Atlantic alliance from breaking apart over Ukraine.
The British premier will deliver the message to representatives from more than a dozen other long-time American allies on Sunday during a European security summit in London, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. The event was made all the more urgent by US President Donald Trump’s spectacular falling out with Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy.