US EditionTrump talks Ukraine peace deal with Macron, Merz and Starmer
Leaders from the US and E3 powers coordinate peace proposals amid concerns over concessions to Russia, with a key coalition meeting scheduled and Ukraine pushing for secure elections.
- On Monday, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Downing Street and held a call with US President Donald Trump to discuss the US-led peace push.
- The three European leaders have spent recent weeks refining disputed US proposals that reportedly envisaged Ukraine ceding territory, aiming to produce acceptable terms for Kyiv, amid concerns the earlier US plan leaned toward Russian aims.
- Ukraine is drafting a 20-point document that could set parameters to end the war, and Emmanuel Macron, Keir Starmer and Friedrich Merz will hold further talks next Monday in Berlin.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday he would hold elections within three months if allies ensured security, despite wartime elections being forbidden and his term expiring last year amid pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump.
- Talks highlighted growing strain between the US and European partners while leaders commended the Trump administration's mediation efforts despite a US national security strategy published earlier this month noting tensions that could shape post-war reconstruction and economic development discussions.
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Trump spoke with Macron, Merz and Starmer: We will not change anything in the peaceful plan: EADaily
EADaily, December 11th, 2025. US President Donald Trump told the leaders of Germany, France and Britain that they should put pressure on Zelensky to accept the terms of the American peace plan, which the US is not going to change. This was announced today, December 11, according to The Wall Street Journal…
US President Trump is again very critical of Ukraine and President Selenskyj. Through intensive telephone diplomacy, Merz, Macron and Starmer are trying to influence the White House.
Svenska Dagbladet
Dagens Nyheter.US President Donald Trump has been informed of European counter-proposals on Ukraine, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced.
Merz, Macron and Starmer talk to Trump about Ukraine. Shortly thereafter, the statements about the course of the phone call differ.
"There have been some small differences of opinion about people," says the US president on the telephone conversation with Merz, Macron and Starmer.
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