The European Union (EU) He made a special summit for the war in Ukraine in Brussels. “We are very grateful not to be alone. And they are not words; We feel deeply, “said Volodimir Zelenski president. The president of the entity added that” it is a decisive moment “and that” Europe faces a clear danger. “
“We are very grateful not to be alone. And they are not words; We feel it deeply. It is very important that [Europa] has given a strong signal to the Ukrainians“Zelenski said, when he arrived at the EU leaders meeting that was held today to deal with the development of European defense and support for Ukraine.
A special summit for Ukraine was made in the European Union
“It is a decisive moment for Europe and Ukraine. Europe faces a clear danger, and therefore has to be able to protect itself,” said the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. This is the First European Summit after the explosive meeting last week between the Ukrainian president and the US president Donald Trumpin which he crossed out him.
That interview galvanized the American decision to suspend his military and intelligence aid to Ukrainein a gesture that left Europeans to the urgency of Define a joint response. The meeting in Brussels is seen as an attempt to show a united front.
Plan to rearm Europe
The European Commission, the EU executive arm, launched this week a plan to Rearm Europe by mobilizing a huge volume of resources. Von der Leyen estimates that the plan could use up to 800,000 million euros for rearmament, although without a precise period.
A key part of that plan is make the fiscal rules of the block more flexible, which limit public spending, so that countries can invest more in defense. Initially, this flexibility could be valid for four years, but Germany has already suggested that it extends for longer.
In his letter of invitation to the leaders, the president of the European Council, António Costa, warned that Europe faces a situation whose severity is “a scale that none of us has seen in our adult life.”
Thus, one of the issues to be discussed by European leaders are the security guarantees they can offer to verify an eventual agreement for the cessation of hostilities.
Emmanuel Macron warned of a possible climb of war in Ukraine: “Russia will not stop, Europe must prepare”
In an alarming message broadcast on French television, the president Emmanuel Macron He warned the possible consequences of war in Ukraine and remarked that “Russia became a threat to France and Europe.”
Before the diplomatic turn that the United States took from the assumption of Donald Trump, cutting all military support, the French president reaffirmed the need to reinforce Ukrainian security by highlighting that it is “a worldwide conflict”: “Russia will not stop in Ukraine, Europe must prepare,” he warned.
Source: Ambito
