As Russia looms, EU defence plans fail to quell joint borrowing calls
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Mar 20, 2025 EU leaders on Thursday broadly welcomed a blueprint from Brussels to help ramp up defence spending to face Russia - but a raft of countries pressed to go further and deploy joint borrowing. US President Donald Trump has turbocharged calls for Europe to rearm by casting doubt on Washington's central role in NATO and making overtures towards Russia on Ukraine. Fears are rife that if Trump
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Mar 20, 2025
EU leaders on Thursday broadly welcomed a blueprint from Brussels to help ramp up defence spending to face Russia - but a raft of countries pressed to go further and deploy joint borrowing.
US President Donald Trump has turbocharged calls for Europe to rearm by casting doubt on Washington's central role in NATO and making overtures towards Russia on Ukraine.
Fears are rife that if Trump
EU leaders on Thursday broadly welcomed a blueprint from Brussels to help ramp up defence spending to face Russia - but a raft of countries pressed to go further and deploy joint borrowing.
US President Donald Trump has turbocharged calls for Europe to rearm by casting doubt on Washington's central role in NATO and making overtures towards Russia on Ukraine.
Fears are rife that if Trump 
