(20 Mar 2025)
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AGENCY POOL
Brussels, Belgium – 20 March 2025
1. German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz
2. President of the European Council, António Costa, arriving
3. EU Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, arriving
4. Leaders sitting down at meeting table
5. Costa and von der Leyen convening before meeting starts
6. Leaders sitting down at meeting table
7. Hungary Prime minister, Viktor Orban, arriving
STORYLINE:
European Union leaders are convening in Brussels for a summit to discuss the EU Commission’s proposal to rearm Europe and support to Ukraine.
The European Union announced Wednesday a new drive to break its security dependency on the United States, with a focus on buying defense equipment in Europe rather than from suppliers across the Atlantic.
EU and NATO intelligence estimates suggest that Russia could be capable of launching an attack in Europe again in 3-5 years. With the threat posed by Moscow upper-most in mind, the EU’s executive branch has unveiled a “Readiness 2030” security strategy.
Part of it involves boosting Europe’s defense industry. In recent years, the 27 EU nations have placed about two-thirds of their orders with U.S. defense companies.
To qualify for new loans, they would have to buy at least 65% of equipment from suppliers in the EU, Norway or Ukraine.
Last month, President Donald Trump administration signaled that U.S. security priorities lay elsewhere – on its own borders and in Asia – and that the Europeans would have to fend for themselves and Ukraine in future, as Europe’s biggest land war in decades entered its fourth year.
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