Two weeks before a crucial 18 December EU summit, von der Leyen on Wednesday proposed two main options for the EU to raise the tens of billions of euros Ukraine needs to keep funding its struggling military and basic services against Russia’s war. It aims to raise €90bn (£80bn) to meet about two-thirds of Kyiv’s needs for 2026 and 2027, von der Leyen said, giving Ukraine the means to negotiate a peace deal “from a position of strength”. Send it down the drain” I remember when in his first term the NATO delegates where snickering and some were laughing at President Trump when he shamed them for not contributing at last 2% for their own defense, and Germany (one of the worst offenders) responded it had a ‘plan’ to slowly increase 1 point something to finally two percent in five years?
Author: The Guardian
Published at: 2025-12-07 20:31:36
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