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EU leaders agree on defense surge, support Zelensky after US aid freeze

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<p><strong></strong>European leaders on Thursday backed plans to spend more on defence and continue to stand by Ukraine in a world upended by President Donald Trump&#x27;s reversal of U.S. policies.</p><p>The European Union&#x27;s defense summit in Brussels took place amid fears that Russia, emboldened by its war in Ukraine, may attack an EU country next and that Europe can no longer rely on the U.S. to come to its aid.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/3/7/trump-weighs-revoking-legal-status-for-240-000-ukrainians-1036">Trump weighs revoking legal status for 240,000 Ukrainians</a></div><p>EU leaders hailed the European Commission&#x27;s proposals this week to give them fiscal flexibility on defense spending, and to jointly borrow up to 150 billion euros ($160 billion) to lend to EU governments to spend on their militaries. In a joint statement agreed by all 27 member states, the leaders called on their ministers to examine these proposals in detail urgently.</p><p>The EU leaders also voiced support for Ukraine, but that statement was agreed without Hungary&#x27;s nationalist leader Viktor Orban, a Trump ally, who is also cultivating ties with Moscow. In their statement, the 26 other EU leaders stressed that there can be no negotiations on Ukraine without Ukraine, and vowed to continue to give it aid, according to a recent draft.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/3/7/trump-if-nato-members-don-t-pay-i-m-not-going-to-defend-them-1043">Trump: If NATO members don&#x27;t pay, &#x27;I&#x27;m not going to defend them&#x27;</a></div><p>(Production: Gerardo Gomez)</p>

<p>European leaders on Thursday backed plans to spend more on defence and continue to stand by Ukraine in a world upended by President Donald Trump's reversal of U.S. policies.</p>

European leaders on Thursday backed plans to spend more on defence and continue to stand by Ukraine in a world upended by President Donald Trump's reversal of U.S. policies.

EU leaders agree on defense surge, support Zelensky after US aid freeze

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EU leaders agree on defense surge, support Zelensky after US aid freeze

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Published March 07, 2025 11:36 AM PHT

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