Vance is leading the American delegation at the Paris summit. He left just after his speech, without listening to European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen, who spoke right after him, or French President Emmanuel Macron, who gave the closing speech.

European leaders were shocked by the hostility of JD Vance’s scathing speech in Munich criticizing Europe’s exclusion of far-right groups from power.

Vance told Europeans that their strict regulations on artificial intelligence could strangle the technology, and called content moderation as “authoritarian censorship.”

The European Council President, European Commission President and NATO Secretary General will attend an urgent meeting of European leaders, convened by French President Emmanuel Macron in response to recent actions by the administration of US President Donald Trump regarding the war in Ukraine.

An extraordinary summit convened by Emmanuel Macron has begun in Paris. The President of France invited European leaders to discuss security issues on the continent. He made the decision on Saturday following suggestions from the USA that Europe would be excluded from talks on ending the war in Ukraine.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivered a speech on the European Union's AI aims at the Paris AI Summit on Tuesday.

The U.S. was noticeably absent from an international document signed by more than 60 nations, including China, to "promote AI accessibility to reduce digital divides" and "ensure AI is open, inclusive, transparent, ethical, safe, secure, and trustworthy."

The “main European countries” will discuss the continent’s security, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said.

US Vice-President J.D. Vance has cautioned Europe not to "strangle" the development of artificial intelligence with "overly precautionary" regulations, in a speech at the AI Action summit in Paris. Both the US and the UK held back from signing a declaration that included a call on countries to ensure "safe,

The Artificial Intelligence Action Summit, held in Paris on Feb. 11, reflected a political shift towards addressing social and environmental challenges posed by AI.

The emergency Ukraine summit held in Paris by European leaders on Feb. 17 exposed divisions between European countries, highlighting how they have so far failed to agree on a coherent plan for supporting Kyiv,

The meeting comes as Europe’s leaders scramble for a strategy in response to US President Donald Trump’s push for a deal with Russia’s Vladimir Putin.