They agreed to a significant increase in the contributions to the re -arming of Europe.
All 27 European Union leaders agreed on Thursday at the Brussels summit on the final text on strengthening the defense of the block, the spokeswoman of the European Council (ER) said. This is informed by a special TASR rapporteur.
The highest representatives of the Union in the agreed Defense Text, according to her, agreed to significantly increase the contributions to the re -arming of Europe. A more detailed wording of the agreed conclusions should be available later.
The summit was held because of the situation in Ukraine and the European defense
An extraordinary summit was summoned by the President of the European Council António Costa in order to discuss the current situation in Ukraine and the European defense, which he believes to help the Union become more sovereign and better equipped to address current and future security challenges. “We are experiencing a decisive moment for Ukraine and European security,” he said at the announcement of the organization of the meeting.
The meeting of the top leaders of the twenty -seven takes place after a series of summit, attended by several European leaders. These were announced by US President Donald Trump’s announcement about the commencement of interviews with Russia to end the conflict in Ukraine and his calls to increase spending on the defense of European countries.
In this context, several leaders call for Europe to take over the leading tasks on the support of Ukraine support and to accelerate the reduction of the United States’ dependence, while others are calling for restraint.
