On Thursday, after the US determined to halt army assist and intelligence sharing with Ukraine, European leaders in Brussels agreed to an enormous and unprecedented enhance in defence spending.
The Guardian’s Europe correspondent, Jon Henley, explains to Michael Safi that this €800bn fund marks a brand new period for the union and can imply tearing up fiscal guidelines to loosen borrowing.
For some member states, resembling Germany, attaining this defensive autonomy would require profound constitutional adjustments. For different states, resembling France, preparations have been beneath method for years.
Regardless of opposition from states resembling Hungary, Henley explains that public sentiment throughout Europe is now broadly behind these adjustments. And but the query stays – with long-term US assist now in query, will all this arming up be sufficient to discourage Russia?
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