EU agrees five-year deadline to boost defences against Russia, says Polish PM


FILE PHOTO: Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk arrives for a Group of Ten (G10) breakfast on migration in Brussels, Belgium, 20 March 2025. OLIVIER HOSLET/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders are now in agreement that the EU must be fully capable of defending itself against a Russian attack by 2030, despite earlier resistance to the deadline from some countries, Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Friday.

Europe is dramatically stepping up spending on defence because of concern that the United States, which had guaranteed Europe's security since the end of World War Two, was no longer keen to do so, shifting its attention to the Indo-Pacific.

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