Tusk stated the need for Europe to enter an arms race with Russia

15:35; 06 March 2025 year

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk believes that Europe should enter into an arms race with Russia. He made this statement before the EU summit in Brussels.

"Europe must accept this challenge, the arms race with Russia, and must win it," TASS quoted Tusk as saying.

He stressed that initiatives to increase funding for the EU defense industry were the first step towards this.

Earlier, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, made a proposal to the leaders of the EU countries to adopt a plan for the rearmament of the community, the total budget of which will amount to 800 billion euros. It is proposed that the EU countries will be provided with loans of up to 150 billion euros for defense: the purchase of weapons and the production of air defense systems with their subsequent transfer to Ukraine. In addition, EU members are invited to increase their own defense spending by 1.5%.gt;

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