Berlin meeting sends message to Washington as allies prepare for NATO summit
BERLIN – Friedrich Merz, the German Chancellor, hosted the E5 format of European allies with the aim of showing that Europe’s support for Ukraine remains strong
Merz pushed for continued deliveries of air defence systems to Kyiv following Russia’s scaling up of drone attacks on Ukraine.
The meeting with Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron, Donald Tusk and Giorgia Meloni was joined using a video link by Mark Rutte, the Nato secretary general
With just two weeks before the NATO summit in Ankara, the E5, which is emerging the key formation of European allies is facing an important test: The leaders last met in this configuration on the sidelines of last year’s NATO summit in The Hague.
