Macron and Trump's complex relationship mixes rivalry with diplomacy as France pushes for European independence from U.S. influence in defense and foreign policy.

EADaily, November 22nd, 2025. The leaders of key EU countries intend to discuss and revise at least four points of US President Donald Trump's peace plan. It is reported by the German newspaper Bild.

Europe has officially aligned itself with the U.S.–Russia peace framework for ending the Ukraine war, signalling a major geopolitical shift that leaves Kyiv increasingly isolated. Leaders including Merz,

With the United States boycotting the meeting entirely, Macron said the group may be “reaching the end of a cycle."

To maintain a transatlantic relationship seen as essential, Europe has adapted to the US president's unpredictable demands, even at the risk of slipping into servility.

During a White House press briefing, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt addressed concerns about U.S.–France relations following President Trump’s remarks on Fox News referencing “a lot of problems with the French.

The G20 group of major world economies is “at risk” as it struggles to tackle international crises, French President Emmanuel Macron told a summit boycotted by the United States Saturday. Macron was among two dozen world leaders at South Africa’s G20 summit marked by the absence of President Donald Trump,

The first Group of 20 summit to be held in Africa is opening with an ambitious agenda to make progress on solving some of the long-standing problems that have afflicted the world's poorest nations.

A US-European rift over the future of Ukraine threatened to overshadow a G20 summit that started in South Africa on Saturday, marked by the absence of Donald Trump.