Follow-Up: Macron Says 42 Countries Adopted European Security Declaration in Dublin: 'There Is a Place for Ukraine in NATO'
French President Emmanuel Macron wrote on November 14, after the European Political Community summit and the informal European Council meeting in Dublin, that the leaders had taken a 'historic decision': at France's initiative, 42 countries approved a declaration on the principles that should guide European security. He said France's objective is first to win a just and lasting peace for Ukraine, and then to keep strengthening a shared European security framework with all partners. Macron added that Ukraine, which fields Europe's largest conventional army, has a key role in the future security arrangement alongside NATO, and that there is a place for Ukraine in NATO.
Macron said the declaration is also the purpose of the Coalition of the Willing, launched at the start of 2025 to prepare security guarantees for Ukraine. A declaration adopted in Paris earlier this year laid the groundwork: supporting the Ukrainian army and preparing a multinational force that could be deployed after a ceasefire. An exercise is currently under way in Poland to show that the participants are ready to play their part, and the coalition will meet again in Berlin on Thursday to continue the work.
The remarks form one post with his other message the same day, that limiting aid to Ukraine would force it into an unjust peace, together setting out France's full position on European security and support for Ukraine after the Dublin meetings.
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(Source: Élysée Palace)
Source: Élysée Palace
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Photo: 图：法国总统马克龙资料图。照片：Christophe Licoppe／欧盟，CC BY 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: File photo of French President Emmanuel Macron. Photo by Christophe Licoppe / European Union, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
