Von der Leyen propone piano da 800 miliardi per difesa europea

The United States has suspended all current military aid to Ukraine until President Donald Trump determines the good faith of Kiev’s commitment to peace. The EU Commission President von der Leyen presents the ‘Rearm Europe’ plan worth 800 billion euros and warns: ‘Security is threatened’.

Kiev is in shock after Donald Trump’s decision to freeze military aid to Kiev. Oleksandr Merezhko, chairman of Ukraine’s foreign affairs committee, says the Trump administration’s decision resembles the Munich Agreement of 1938 when Germany, Britain, France, and Italy reached an accord allowing Nazi Germany to annex the Sudetenland, then part of Czechoslovakia. “Stopping aid means helping Putin. This is worse than Munich, because at least there they didn’t try to paint Czechoslovakia as the aggressor,” he said according to foreign media.

French Minister for European Affairs, Benjamin Haddad, believes that Donald Trump’s decision to suspend arms shipments to Ukraine “moves away from peace.” In an interview this morning on France 2, the minister stated that halting arms supplies to Kiev “will only strengthen the grip of the aggressor on the territory, which is Russia.”

“If we want to end this war, which remains our goal – he emphasized – if we want to achieve lasting peace with solid security guarantees, we must put pressure on the aggressor.”

“We live in dangerous times, Europe’s security is seriously threatened, the question now is whether we will be able to react quickly enough.” This was stated by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen a few days before the extraordinary defense summit, presenting the 5-point ReArm Europe plan.

“We will propose activating the national safeguard clauses” of the Stability Pact in support of defense. “If member states were to increase their defense spending by an average of 1.5% of GDP, this could create a fiscal space of around 650 billion euros over a four-year period.” And then the EU “will provide 150 billion euros in loans to member states for defense investments” totaling 800 billion.

“Europe is ready to take on its responsibilities: we will continue to work with our partners in NATO, this is a key moment for Europe and we are ready to do more,” von der Leyen continued, explaining that “we will propose further options and incentives for member states, who will decide whether they want to use cohesion policy programs to increase defense spending.”

The Hungarian government agrees with the decision of the Donald Trump administration to suspend military aid to Ukraine while a new 20 billion aid package is being discussed in the EU to which, as Politico writes, Budapest opposes.

A spokesman for Viktor Orbán’s government, as reported by The Guardian, stated that “the President of the United States and the Hungarian government share the same position: instead of continuing arms shipments and war, a ceasefire and peace talks are needed as soon as possible.”

The major European powers support efforts to seize over 200 billion euros of frozen Russian assets while working on a ceasefire agreement in Ukraine, as reported by the Financial Times. France and Germany, long opposed to a total seizure of Russian assets held in the EU, are discussing with the UK and other countries on how they could be utilized, according to 3 well-informed sources.

To provide security guarantees to Kiev post-conflict, French officials have discussed a proposal where European capitals would seize assets if Moscow were to violate a future ceasefire. But for French Economy Minister Eric Lombard, the seizure of Russian assets “would be contrary to international agreements.”

“We want to bring the Russians to the negotiating table. We want to explore if peace is possible,” said US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in the first public comment from a Trump administration official after the president’s decision to suspend all military aid to Ukraine. The BBC reported, “President Trump is the only leader in the world right now who has even a single chance of bringing an end to the war in Ukraine permanently,” Rubio said.

US President Donald Trump will be ready for new talks with Volodymyr Zelensky when the President of Ukraine shows his true commitment to resolving the conflict with Russia. This was stated by US Vice President JD Vance in an interview with Fox News. “Of course, the door is open – he emphasized – when Zelensky is willing to seriously talk about peace.”

Vance expressed confidence that Zelensky will eventually accept peace talks with Russia after the failed meeting with Donald Trump on Friday, stating that the Ukrainian president has “clearly refused to engage in the peace process” desired by the American president.

“I think Zelensky wasn’t ready yet – he said – and I think, frankly, he still isn’t, but I think we’ll get there sooner or later. We have to do it.”

The United States has suspended all current military aid to Ukraine. Bloomberg reports, citing sources, that the pause will last until President Donald Trump determines the good faith of Kiev’s commitment to peace.