欧州首脳、トランプ政権対応で団結模索　ウクライナめぐり緊急会合

【パリＡＦＰ＝時事】欧州主要国の首脳は１７日、フランスのエマニュエル・マクロン大統領の呼び掛けの下、パリで非公式の緊急会合を開き、ドナルド・トランプ米政権が進めようとしているロシア・ウクライナの停戦交渉への対応を協議した。（写真は、フランス・パリのエリゼ宮で、ポーランドのドナルド・トゥスク首相〈左〉を出迎えるエマニュエル・マクロン大統領）
　ドイツで開催されたミュンヘン安全保障会議でＪ・Ｄ・バンス米副大統領が欧州連合（ＥＵ）を痛烈に批判したことから、各国首脳の間には動揺と反発が広がっている。
　一方、米ロの外交トップは１８日、ロシアによる２０２２年のウクライナ侵攻開始以降初となる会談を予定。ウラジーミル・プーチン大統領の外交的孤立解消を狙うトランプ氏の意向を受けたものとみられている。米国の対ロ方針転換を如実に示す事例だ。
　欧州側は、トランプ氏がウクライナとＥＵの頭越しにロシアと停戦交渉を進めることを懸念。米国依存を脱却して防衛費を増額するとともに、停戦合意成立後のウクライナへの平和維持軍派遣案などをめぐり、検討を迫られている。
　仏大統領府によると、マクロン氏は会合直前にトランプ氏と電話協議した。
　緊急会合後、共同声明や大々的な発表はなかった。
　ポーランドのドナルド・トゥスク首相は「今回の会合に参加した全員が、欧米関係、北大西洋条約機構（ＮＡＴＯ）、そして米国とわれわれの友好関係が新局面に入ったことを認識している」と述べた。
　英国のキア・スターマー首相は、「持続的な和平合意が結ばれた場合、他国と合同で英国軍をウクライナに派遣する案を検討する用意がある」と表明。その上で、「米国による安全保障の担保こそが、ロシアが再びウクライナを攻撃するのを抑止する唯一の道だ」と強調した。
　ドイツのオラフ・ショルツ首相はこれに対し、ウクライナに平和維持軍を派遣する議論は「時期尚早」であり、紛争が続いている段階で派兵を議論するのは「極めて不適切だ」と主張。「不適切なタイミングでの的外れな問題」を議論することに「少々いら立った」と話した。
　マクロン氏は、「降伏」に等しい和平合意に警鐘を鳴らした。仏紙ルモンドによれば、欧米間の「歴史的な」断絶と評したマクロン氏は、「欧州は、ミュンヘン（安全保障会議）で突然、目を開かれた。今後、欧州の安全保障は基本的に自らを頼りとし、自分たちの団結をいかに維持するかにかかっている」と訴えた。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2025/02/18-16:55）

European leaders at an emergency meeting in Paris Monday were divided on how to respond to US President Donald Trump's dramatic policy shift on Ukraine, with France and Britain pushing for security guarantees and Germany bristling at suggestions troops could be deployed.
With European policymakers still reeling from US Vice President JD Vance's withering attack on the European Union at an annual security conference in Munich, key leaders attended the meeting at the Elysee Palace called at the last minute by President Emmanuel Macron.
European leaders worry that Trump will freeze them out of peace talks with Moscow that will also exclude Kyiv, fears that were heightened by a rare meeting expected Tuesday in Saudi Arabia between the top diplomats from Russia and the United States.
European leaders in Paris weighed measures including ramping up defence spending to be less dependent on the US, providing security guarantees to Kyiv, and sending troops to Ukraine as peacekeepers in the event of a ceasefire.
Macron held telephone talks with both Trump and Zelensky, he said early Tuesday, calling for strong and credible security guarantees for Ukraine so that a peace deal does not end up like the 2014 and 2015 Minsk agreements that failed to resolve the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
Zelensky said he and Macron shared a common vision for how to achieve peace, including that security guarantees must be robust and reliable, he said on social media after the call.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he was prepared to consider committing British forces on the ground alongside others if there is a lasting peace agreement.
But he insisted Washington had to be involved, saying there must be a US backstop, because a US security guarantee is the only way to effectively deter Russia from attacking Ukraine again.
But after the talks, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that any debate on sending peacekeepers to Ukraine was completely premature and highly inappropriate while the war is ongoing.
- 'Ready and willing' -
There was no joint statement or major announcements after the Paris meeting, which participants said needed to be left for forums like the EU or NATO.
Everyone at this meeting is aware that transatlantic relations, the NATO alliance and our friendship with the United States have entered a new phase. We all see that, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said Ukraine deserves peace through strength and this should be respectful of its independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity, with strong security guarantees.
Ready and willing, was how NATO chief Mark Rutte described Europe's position after the meeting. The details will need to be decided but the commitment is clear.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said her government was open-minded on the issue of troops but warned a key question was if the United States was going to back up on Europe if troops were sent.
Russia is threatening all Europe now, she added, warning the US against attempts to agree a fast ceasefire that would give Russia the chance to to mobilise again, attack Ukraine or another country in Europe.
- 'No division of security' -
Macron has described Trump's return for a second term in the White House as an electroshock but also warned against any peace deal that could amount to capitulation.
French newspaper Le Monde said the rupture between Europe and the United States was historic, but added that Europe had to show its capacity to ensure its own defence.
European blindness came to an abrupt end in Munich. From now on, the security of the continent depends essentially on the Europeans themselves, and on their ability to maintain their unity, it added.
The Paris talks come as Washington said that Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff on Tuesday would meet a Russian delegation including Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Riyadh, ahead of a future meeting between Trump and Putin in the Saudi capital.
There must be no division of security and responsibility between Europe and the United States, Scholz said in Paris.
NATO is based on us always acting together and sharing the risk, thereby guaranteeing our security. This must not be called into question.