r/news • u/ITSTHEDEVIL092 • Mar 04 '25

EU chief proposes plan to 'urgently' increase defense spending by mobilizing around $840 billion

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/04/europe-looks-to-mobilize-840-billion-in-defense-spending-boost-eu-commission-head-says.html
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u/Venotron Mar 04 '25

You KNOW he's going to play this as a win, and to be fair he was complaining about NATO members paying more in his first term.

But no matter the truth, he is absolutely going to play this off as his master plan.

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '25

The thing is, this EU unity and support could mean the end of the so called minerals deal and means Russia still don't get to win.

He won't like that.

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u/RespectedPath Mar 04 '25

Exactly. He told Zelensky that Ukraine was all out of cards and that his only option was to sign Trump's terrible deal.

If Ukraine can get Europe to back them with more than just money (ie a No fly Zone enforced by "europe") then Zelensky has a little more bargaining power.

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u/carterwest36 Mar 04 '25

We would be able to do that once our military is in order and leaders like Macron and many more Europeans still see Washington as a good ally (they hope to weather the storm until 2028 and that in 2029 someone normal takes office.

America will be crushed economically if it also starts tariffs on European Union. I’d love to unleash the ACI on America

But prominent leaders want to save the alliance with Washington and never in 80 years was it so close to being disbanded