The French defense minister visited Poland on Monday to discuss support for Ukraine with other European nations. While Warsaw remains cautious about sending troops, it is looking to boost arms production in Europe while working on a new cooperation treaty with Paris.
No less certain is what Trump will decide to do. Any plan to deploy European troops to Ukraine — especially NATO member countries — would likely need U.S. backing to be an effective deterrent. That would keep Trump involved in Europe, something he doesn’t want.
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President-elect Donald Trump has criticized the cost of the war for US taxpayers through major military aid packages for Ukraine, and vowed to bring the conflict to a swift end.
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Discussions about the presence of foreign troops in Ukraine as a security guarantee following a ceasefire agreement have intensified after a meeting in Paris between Emmanuel Macron, Volodymyr Zelensky,
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The return of Trump will once again put European defense spending levels at the center of the United States’ approach to NATO. Over the past several years, NATO members have boosted investments, with about 20 out of 32 members hitting the alliance’s benchmark of spending 2% of gross domestic product on defense.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will meet French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris next Wednesday, two days after the inauguration of Donald Trump as US president, Berlin said.