No More Waiting: Europe Forms ‘Coalition of the Willing’ for Ukraine

Starmer’s Four-Step Ukraine Plan

"Europa się obudziła"—"Europe has woken up"—wrote Poland’s Prime Minister, sharing the image above after the conclusion of today's extraordinary summit of European leaders in London.

It took just 24 hours for British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to rally Europe's top leaders—and Canada—for an emergency meeting in the UK’s capital. Despite the short notice, key figures arrived, ready to confront the pressing geopolitical challenges at hand. As expected, the Baltic states were notably absent, sidelined yet again from major power discussions.

Still, the summit managed to achieve significant milestones.

This urgent gathering followed a week of high-level diplomacy, including visits by French President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Keir Starmer to Washington, D.C., seeking security guarantees for Ukraine. But the real trigger was Friday’s disastrous Oval Office meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Their tense exchange left Ukraine’s position more uncertain than ever, forcing European leaders to scramble for a united response—leading to today’s emergency summit in London.

At the summit’s conclusion, Starmer presented a four-step strategy to strengthen Ukraine’s defense and deter further Russian aggression.