OP-ED. Germany doubts itself more than ever, writes diplomat Jérémie Gallon. But it would be a big mistake to underestimate its capacity for reinvention.

KASSEL, Germany (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz wants to see a strong and sovereign Europe, he said on Monday, ahead of hastily arranged talks in Paris following signals that the United States is no longer seeking Europe's input on ending the Ukraine conflict.

PARIS — The good news from Germany’s elections on Sunday is that voters in the world’s No. 3 economy don’t give a fig what Vice President JD Vance and Elon Musk think about their country’s politics.

European leaders meeting in Paris on Monday for emergency talks called for higher defense spending to ramp up the continent's defense capabilities but remained divided on the possible deployment of peacekeepers to Ukraine to back up any peace deal.