Many are concerned that the Trump administration could embrace the Kremlin and cold-shoulder its European allies.

France's President Emmanuel Macron welcomed European leaders at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Monday for an emergency summit on the war in Ukraine. Peace talks on ending the war are set to take place in Saudi Arabia between the US and Russia,

European leaders insisted Monday their governments must have a say in talks between the U.S. and Russia to end the war in Ukraine, as both Moscow and Washington said there was no role for Europe in the negotiations that could shape the future of the continent.

Fox News national correspondent Jeff Paul reports from London on an emergency summit in Europe ahead of U.S. and Russian officials meeting in Saudi Arabia to discuss the war in Ukraine on 'The Story.'

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.