EU Considers $841 Billion Defence Overhaul Amid US Uncertainty

The chief of the European Union's executive on Tuesday proposed an 800 billion-euro ($841 billion) plan to beef up the defences of EU nations, aiming to lessen the impact of potential US disengagement and provide Ukraine with military muscle to negotiate with Russia following the freeze of US aid to the embattled nation.

- Associated Press

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the massive "REARM Europe" package will be put to the 27 EU leaders. They are holding an emergency meeting in Brussels on Thursday following a week of increasing political uncertainty from Washington, where President Donald Trump questioned both his alliance to the continent and the defence of Ukraine.