Weimar+

Weimar+
Weimar+
February 2025 (established) – present
	Inaugural meeting of foreign ministers, Paris, 12 February 2025 (with UA and EU included)
Status	Operational: active
Type	Regional diplomatic and political alliance
Membership	Participants: France; Germany; Poland; Italy; Spain; United Kingdom; European Commission;
Leaders
• President of France	Emmanuel Macron
Establishment	12 February 2025; 5 months ago
Historical era	2020s European rearmament
• Second Trump presidency; (current tenure)	January 20, 2025 199 days :; January 20, 2029−3 years, 5 months and 15 days' time
• Weimar+ ministerial, Paris; • Putin-Trump call; • JD Vance speech, Munich	February 12, 2025 (inaugural, w/ Ukraine); February 12, 2025; February 14, 2025 (61st Security Conference, DE)
• Weimar+ Summit; Elysee Palace; • Coalition of the willing, London	February 17, 2025 (FR, inaugural extended); March 2, 2025 (formed, first summit)
• Weimar+; ministerial, Madrid; • Merz cabinet, DE; • Weimar Triangle meeting, Warsaw	March 31, 2025; (first hosted by Spain); May 6, 2025 (formed); May 8, 2025; (foreign ministerial)
• Weimar+ ministerial; Lancaster House; • 6th EPC Summit; • EU- UK Security& Defence Partnership	May 12, 2025 (London, first hosted by GB); May 16, 2025, Albania; May 19, 2025 (formed, EU–UK first summit)
• Weimar+ ministerial; Villa Madama, Rome; • Ukraine Recovery Conference, Rome; • Nawrocki presidency	June 12, 2025 (first Italy- hosted, w/UA); July 10–11, 2025 (first Italy-hosted); August 6, 2025 (PL)
Today part of	Readiness 2030, EU joint strategic defense initiative; EU & UK sanctions policy;
	Footnotes ^ Pictured left-to-right: Maria Tripodi (Italy), Radosław Sikorski (Poland), José Manuel Albares (Spain), Andrii Sybiha (Ukraine), Jean-Noël Barrot (France), Kaja Kallas (European Union), Annalena Baerbock (Germany), David Lammy (United Kingdom), Andrius Kubilius (European Union) ; ^ Chaired February 17 inaugural high-level meeting in Paris. ; ^ Urgently called by France on the two-day prior notice: António Costa; Mette Frederiksen; Ursula von der Leyen; Emmanuel Macron; Giorgia Meloni; Mark Rutte; Pedro Sanchez; Olaf Scholz; Dick Schoof; Keir Starmer; Donald Tusk; ; ^ So called Grand coalition ; ^ The 28th since 1991. Jean-Noël Barrot, Radosław Sikorski and Johann Wadephul represented member states. ; ^ Held in London 19 May 2025. ; ^ Attended by 45 heads of state or government, and EU representatives ; ^ URC2025, the fourth annual conference, held at La Nuvola (The Cloud) convention center, with U.S. senators Lindsey Graham (Rep.) and Richard Blumenthal (Dem.), retired Lt.Gen. Keith Kellogg, U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine, attending. ; ;

Weimar+^{[name 1]} is a European diplomatic and geopolitical alliance first named in February 2025, expanding upon the original Weimar Triangle regional alliance of France, Germany, and Poland (all within the European Union) to include additional major European powers such as the United Kingdom and Italy. The group was immediately established in response to shifts in United States foreign policy towards the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War and the transatlantic security architecture under the Trump administration, particularly United States president Donald Trump's telephone conversation with Russian president Vladimir Putin excluding Europe from Ukraine-related negotiations.

As of July 2025^[update], Weimar+ exists in the form of Summits between the leaders of the six countries and EU, and, separately, of their foreign ministers and EU HRVP.

History

The Weimar+ group was established as an expansion of the Weimar Triangle (France, Germany, and Poland) to include the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, and the European Commission as participants, with foreign ministers serving as primary representatives.^[4]^[5] Unlike its coordinate-parent organisation, the expanded format includes both EU members and the United Kingdom.^[6]^[7]

The group's exigent inaugural meeting on 12 February 2025 in Paris was in response to rapid developments in United States-led peace initiatives regarding the Russo-Ukrainian War, primarily United States president Donald Trump's telephone conversation the day before^[8] with Russian president Vladimir Putin. Foreign Minister of France Jean-Noël Barrot stated during the meeting that without European involvement, there would be "no just and lasting peace in Ukraine". Spanish foreign minister José Manuel Albares expressed that European governments needed "unity" towards sustaining Ukraine position to be part of the negotiations.^[4]

The group made its first public statement under the Weimar+ name following the meeting, written in direct response to President Donald Trump's insistence that neither European nor Ukrainian delegates would be involved in negotiations to end the conflict.^[9]^[10] The joint declaration affirmed continued European support for Ukraine until the achievement of a "just, comprehensive, and sustainable peace", with or without the United States. The group specifically emphasised that any peace agreement must protect both Ukrainian and broader European security interests. They also asserted the necessity of European participation in any negotiation process concerning Ukraine's future, and that negotiations must put Ukraine "in a position of strength". The statement mentioned the possibility of increased military spending among European nations to promoting the sovereignty of Europe as a power that could geopolitically operate independently of the United States.^[4]

On 15 February, French president Emmanuel Macron announced a high-level diplomatic summit for 17 February 2025 under Weimar+.^[5] The emergency summit^[11] was arranged at Elysee Palace in Paris following United States vice president JD Vance's controversial speech at the 61st Munich Security Conference, accusing European leaders of democratic backsliding and restricting freedom of speech mainly regarding the annulment of the 2024 Romanian presidential election, increased social media regulation, and prosecution regarding safe access zones and speech regarding religion.^[12]^[13]^[14] Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis called the Weimar+ summit a marker of the end of Europe's "age of innocence" operating under American geopolitical interests, and an opportunity to rapidly prioritize its own "strategic autonomy" under a united framework. He agreed to communicate with its representatives.^[15]

Joint Declaration of the group's foreign ministers and EU's HRVP was adopted in March 31, 2025, Madrid meeting.^[16]

On 12 May, the UK hosted talks of the Weimar+ group foreign ministers focused on Ukraine and the future of European security at Lancaster House in London.^[17] Following the meeting, Weimar+ Joint Statement on Ukraine and Euro-Atlantic security was issued ^[18]

On 12 June, Italy hosted the group's foreign ministers in Rome, joined by their counterpart from Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and the EU High Commissioner, Kaja Kallas.^[19] "We reiterated our readiness to step up our pressure on Russia as it continues to refuse serious and credible commitments, including through further sanctions and countering their circumvention," the foreign ministers' statement said.^[20]