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Event Overview
High-level gatherings of government and alliance leaders typically underscore strategic decision-making and showcase multilateral diplomatic engagement. Such meetings often highlight evolving dynamics in transatlantic relations, collective security concerns, and shifts in regional or international alliances. They also may reflect the prioritization of cooperation, negotiation, and policy alignment on key security, political, or economic issues among leading global actors.
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European and EU, NATO Leaders Arrive at the White House
At noon local time on January 18, leaders from multiple European countries as well as the European Union and NATO began arriving at the South Portico of the White House to prepare for an afternoon meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump. Those arriving included European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.