French minister Valls: Europe must more than ever before defend Ukraine
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on February 17, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 26, 2026

Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on February 17, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 26, 2026

French minister Valls stresses the need for Europe to defend Ukraine and increase defense spending amid changing US relations.
PARIS (Reuters) - Europe is at a turning point in terms of its relations with the United States which forces Europe more than ever before to defend Ukraine and boost its defence spending, said French government minister Manuel Valls on Monday.
"We are at a turning point," Valls told France Info radio.
"This forces us more than ever before to support our defence for Ukraine, and to increase our defence spending budget and to be on the front foot," added Valls, who is France's overseas territories minister and a former prime minister.
(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta; Editing by Toby Chopra)
The article discusses Europe's need to defend Ukraine and increase defense spending due to changing relations with the US.
Manuel Valls is France's overseas territories minister and a former prime minister.
Europe needs to increase defense spending to support Ukraine amid shifting relations with the United States.
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