Thursday, January 23, 2025

EU leaders urge more defense spending amid Trump push

The EU's top diplomat Kaja Kallas said Russia is a problem "for all of us," while adding that Trump is "right" on European defense spending.
  • Poland's Donald Tusk said "if Europe is to survive, it needs to be armed."
  • Top EU foreign affairs official Kaja Kallas on Wednesday issued a call for EU member states to "wake up" when it comes to defense spending.
  • "Russia is not the problem for some, but for all of us. Europeans need to wake up," Kallas told the annual conference of the European Defense Agency in Brussels.
  • Kallas: President Trump is 'right' on defense spending
  • "Europe's failure to invest in military capabilities also sends a dangerous signal to the aggressor. Weakness invites them in," Kallas said. "There is nothing that cannot be weaponized against us today."...

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