France, Feb. 18 -- Following an emergency meeting in Paris, European leaders remain divided on how to respond to US President Donald Trump's dramatic policy shift on Ukraine, with France and Britain pushing for security guarantees and Germany bristling at any suggestion troops could be deployed.

With European policymakers still reeling from US Vice President JD Vance's withering attack on the European Union at an annual security conference in Munich, key leaders attended the meeting at the Elysee Palace on Monday called at the last minute by President Emmanuel Macron.

This comes amid worries that Trump will freeze Europe out of peace talks with Moscow that will also exclude Kyiv, fears that have been heightened by an unprecedented meeti...