EU Leaders Open Emergency Talks on Defense and Ukraine Aid

Live updates: EU leaders hold emergency Ukraine talks after Trump suspends aid
European Union leaders are holding emergency talks on how to quickly increase their military budgets after the Trump administration suspended assistance to Ukraine.
EU Leaders Gather for Emergency Summit on Defense
Germany called for the EU to reform its fiscal rules to allow countries to make bigger defense expenditures without running afoul of the bloc’s budget rules, according to people familiar with the talks.
EU leaders gather for crunch talks on Ukraine aid, defence spending
European Union leaders will gather on Thursday in Brussels to find a response to the United States’ drastic turn on support for war-torn Ukraine.In a race against time, EU leaders aim to find solutions on how to increase defence spending to further support Ukraine and significantly improve Europe’s defence capacity.
EU leaders meet for emergency summit on defense and Ukraine aid amid waning US support
But perhaps the biggest challenge for the EU will be building a united stance at a moment when it’s fractured, since much of the bloc’s actions requires unanimous support. Hungary is threatening to veto part of the summit statement on Ukraine, as is Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico.
Ukraine's Zelensky join EU leaders to discuss European defense
The summit takes place against a backdrop of dramatic defense policy decisions driven by fears that Russia, emboldened by its war in Ukraine, may attack an EU country next and that Europe cannot rely on the U.
EU leaders hold emergency summit to bolster defense, support Ukraine
Facing the prospect that the United States might cut them adrift under President Donald Trump, European Union leaders launched a day of emergency talks Thursday in a bid to beef up their own security and ensure that Ukraine will still be properly protected.
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