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Europe must urgently rearm, EU's Von der Leyen says
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Posted on March 2, 2025
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on March 2, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 25, 2026
EU's Von der Leyen stresses the urgent need for Europe to rearm and increase defense spending, highlighting fiscal space for member states and support for Ukraine.
LONDON (Reuters) - Europe urgently needs to rearm and member states must be given the fiscal space to carry out a surge in defence spending, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Sunday after a meeting about support for Ukraine.
Von der Leyen added that Europe also needed to show the United States that it was ready to defend democracy.
"After a long time of underinvestment, it is now of utmost importance to step up the defence investment for a prolonged period of time," she told reporters after the meeting in London.
"Member states need more fiscal space to do a surge in defence spending."
(Reporting by Kate Holton and Andrew MacAskill; Editing by Conor Humphries)
The article discusses the urgent need for Europe to rearm and increase defense spending, as emphasized by EU's Ursula von der Leyen.
Europe needs to rearm to address underinvestment in defense and to show readiness to defend democracy, especially in light of the situation in Ukraine.
Von der Leyen mentioned that EU member states need more fiscal space to carry out a surge in defense spending.
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