European leaders met in Paris to discuss ways to guarantee Ukraine's security and increase defence spending amid US-led negotiations with Russia to end the war. UK, France, Germany and other nations called for a strong transatlantic partnership and increased spending on militaries, potentially leading to a debate on shared EU debt.
Denmark's prime minister Mette Frederiksen and French president Emmanuel Macron leaving an informal summit of Europe an leaders in Paris to discuss the situation in Ukraine.
The summit in Paris brought together the leaders of France, the UK, Germany, Italy, Poland, Denmark, Spain and the Netherlands, who discussed ways to guarantee Ukraine’s security in any settlement.said his country would be willing to contribute troops to a peacekeeping mission in Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire. However, Mr Starmer said any guarantees Europe gave to Ukraine would need to be backed by the US. This would be the “only way” to deter Russia from mounting another attack, he said.
EU states will have to significantly increase the amount they spend on their defence and militaries, Polish prime minister Donald Tusk said. The transatlantic relationship between Europe and the US was entering a “new stage” under Mr Trump, he said after the meeting. One change being considered by European Commission officials is to exclude defence spending from EU rules introduced to keep national budgets in check. Mr Scholz said Germany would be open to EU member states who invest heavily in defence getting more leeway on the budget deficit limits.
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