“If we Europeans do not go much in defense now, we will be forced to spend 10 times more if we do not prevent a wider war,” said Tusk on X.
Arriving in Paris, the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, brought a similar tone, writing on X that “we need a state of emergency” and a “defense push” and “We need both now.”
Different views
The informal meeting brings together leaders from France, Poland, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Denmark, as well as senior EU officials.
European NATO countries are now looking at a Washington questionnaire who asks them to say what type of security guarantee, they are ready to provide Ukraine, in particular if they will deploy troops to the ground to enforce an agreement of peace, what type of spending they can incur, and what expectations they have of the United States to allow such deployment.
Trump clearly indicated that American troops will not be a post -dryer force in Ukraine and have also excluded to allow Ukraine to join NATO – the two Kyiv key security requests to protect the country D ‘Another Russian invasion.
Although the leaders arriving in Paris are all solid supporters of Ukraine, there are divisions on how actively participate in any military mission in the country.
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