Negotiating with Putin may have to take priority over war crimes trial, says Macron

French president calls for path to membership of Nato' for Ukraine and reconciliation of east and west

It may not be possible to send Vladimir Putin to face war crime charges at The Hague if he is the only person with whom the west has to negotiate an end to the Ukraine war, Emmanuel Macron has said.

In a wide-ranging speech at an EU leaders conference in Moldova, the French president also set out plans for a fast enlargement of the EU, reconciliation between the east and west of Europe and a clear path to Ukraine's Nato membership.