Live – Boosting support for Ukraine and how to rearm Europe on agenda as leaders gather in Brussels

EU leaders are meeting on Thursday for a special summit in Brussels, where they will discuss further support to Ukraine and the Commission’s plan to rearm the continent. ADVERTISEMENT The extraordinary summit, convened in response to the US-Russia talks, will seek to show that the bloc is now ready to step up its efforts to […]
Russia doubles down on Ukraine war while EU leaders are divided on how to finance weapons – POLITICO

But they disagreed on the bigger picture of a grand push for European financing of weapons to Ukraine, for example through defense bonds. The possibility of EU joint bonds is backed by France, Estonia, Poland and others but strongly opposed by the more frugal countries, such as Germany, The Netherlands and Austria. The discussion in […]