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International Business Times
International Business Times
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As Russia Looms, EU Defence Plans Fail To Quell Joint Borrowing Calls

EU leaders discussed efforts to bolster defence spending at a Brussels summit (Credit: AFP)

EU leaders on Thursday broadly welcomed a blueprint from Brussels to help ramp up defence spending to face Russia -- but a raft of countries pressed to go further and deploy joint borrowing.

US President Donald Trump has turbocharged calls for Europe to rearm by casting doubt on Washington's central role in NATO and making overtures towards Russia on Ukraine.

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