Germany's outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz will travel to London on Sunday to participate in a meeting of European Union leaders to discuss their response to Donald Trump's push for peace in Ukraine, a government spokesperson said on Friday.

After an emergency meeting of European leaders in Paris on 17 February, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has once again opposed discussions of the deployment of German troops to Ukraine as part of a potential "peaceful settlement".

"For the future of Europe it will be very important that we do everything possible to ensure" that countries can meet the NATO defense spending target of at least 2% of GDP, Scholz told reporters after the summit in Paris.

Ukraine should not face any obstacles on its way to the EU. US President Donald Trump's opinion that Ukraine is to blame for the war is not true, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says. Asked whether he shares the view of US President Donald Trump,

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday said that any debate on sending peacekeepers to Ukraine was "completely premature" and "highly inappropriate" while the war was ongoing.European leaders held emergency talks in Paris to agree a coordinated response to a shock policy shift on the war by the new US administration of Donald Trump.

A scathing speech from US Vice President Vance met with frustration from European politicians. German Chancellor Scholz called the speech irritating, while Berlin's defense minister called it "unacceptable.

and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz appearing at different times at the Munich Security Conference. Getty Images Vance was expected to address Washington's approach to war in Ukraine on Friday and ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reaffirmed common lines in a phone call on Friday, agreeing that both Ukraine and European allies need to be involved in any peace negotiations with Russia,

The German chancellor, who defied calls to step aside after his government fell apart, is down in the polls but insisting he can still win.

UK Prime Minister Kier Starmer has invited the outgoing German chancellor and other key leaders to a defence meeting in London on Sunday. View on euronews