European safety guarantees for Ukraine: The torch burns between Paris and Rome

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European safety guarantees for Ukraine: The torch burns between Paris and Rome  Last week, France summoned the Italian ambassador in a dispute that reveals the differences between Europeans over the security guarantees they would be prepared to provide to Ukraine in the event of a peace agreement.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/08/26/european-safety-guarantees-for-ukraine-the-torch-burns-between-paris-and-rome  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Matteo Salvini's comments set off a firestorm between France and Italy.

00:08The Italian vice president of the council urged Emmanuel Macron to don a bulletproof vest and go to Ukraine himself,

00:15criticizing French support for a possible deployment of European troops in support of Kyiv.

00:20The dispute highlights the differences between Europeans over the security guarantees they would be prepared to provide to Ukraine

00:37in the event of a peace agreement to deter any future Russian aggression.

00:42The security guarantee force is expected to have various components.

00:50For its part, Rome is firmly opposed to the deployment of Italian troops,

01:20in Ukraine to prevent any escalation and questions the effectiveness of sending European troops.

01:27Instead, it advocates a collective defense mechanism where each country would commit to assisting Ukraine if attacked.

01:35It rather insists on the fact that it should not be its own troops present in a post-cease fire scenario in Ukraine,

01:43but rather develop an Article 5 NATO model that would protect Ukraine without bringing it within the NATO international organization,

01:55because we know that this is one of the red line asks from Russia.

01:59According to this expert, the debate also reveals the internal divisions within the Italian coalition government.

02:06Italy's Prime Minister Giorgio Meloni supports Ukraine and has backed all sanctions against Russia.

02:13Conversely, Matteo Salvini's League party, which has historic ties with the Kremlin,

02:18regularly opposes European support for Ukraine.

02:21However, Rome and Paris, both part of the Coalition of the Willing,

02:26could converge in further security guarantees for Kyiv.

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