Then, there is the political aspect of ensuring that the United States, under the direction of the transactional asset, sees the value of maintaining its alliance with European countries. This is why Europe should ensure that it buys goods, including arms, from the United States, said Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani.
“The idea that we have to attract the United States so that they wanted to stay in Europe is the one that is mostly shared,” said a high-ranking French military officer, speaking under the cover of having granted anonymity To speak frankly. “I am afraid that France will be a little isolated and do not get much support; Other countries are more realistic. “”
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This will make the American president the most important person at the meeting on Monday, even if he is not invited.
The fight on the quantity of money to be sent to the block and the width to open the door to non -EU armaments is already raging on the European defense industry program of 1.5 billion euros. Although it is small – Kosiniak -Kamysz qualified the size of “joke” – it is a precursor of a massive increase in the defense of the EU.
Poland and the Baltic countries have distributed a document before the summit calling for the EU to spend at least 100 billion euros in defense by 2027 – including by buying weapons from allies not NATO. The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said that last year, the block should consider spending an additional 500 billion euros in defense during the next decade.
Currently, the United States is doing very well from European military accumulation. Between mid-2022 and mid-2023, 63% of all EU defense orders were placed with American companies, and an additional 15% with other EU providers, according to the Draghi report From last year, which seeks to make Europe more competitive.
