Ukraine’s European allies say US peace plan needs ‘work’ – DW – 11/22/2025

French President Emmanuel Macron warned on Saturday that Russia would “come back and break its promises” if Ukraine was forced to cut the size of its armed forces, as stipulated in the current US peace plan.

“We know that if there are no elements of resistance, the Russians will come back and break their promises,” Macron told reporters on the sidelines of the G20 summit in South Africa.

Macron said the US proposal to end the war in Ukraine “needs to be reconsidered” with the inclusion of Europeans in the negotiations.

“It is good because it proposes peace and recognizes important elements on issues of sovereignty, security guarantees,” the French president said. “But this is the basis of the work that needs to be revisited, as we did last summer, because in the first place, this plan was not negotiated with the Europeans.”

“There are many things that cannot be just an American proposal, that require broad consultation,” Macron said.

The French president also said the 30 countries part of a “coalition of the willing” supporting Kyiv would hold a video call on Tuesday, following talks in Geneva on the White House’s proposed peace plan.

“We will have a meeting on Tuesday afternoon to coordinate on this point and to see what progress will be made in the Geneva talks in the coming days and to be able to take new initiatives,” he said.