Europe, Defense Spending

Europe Weighs Options to Boost Defense Spending
Europe will likely have to spend hundreds of billions to prepare to defend itself without U.S. help, and will have to find ways to do that without spooking bond investors.
Europe Bulks Up Defense Spending as Trump Withdraws
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As its trust in US ebbs, Europe takes hard look at more defense spending
As the U.S. becomes an increasingly unreliable ally, the pressure is mounting on Europe to pay for its own defense. But the transition will be slow.
Europe is set to spend more on security — and that's good news for defense stocks
Shares in Germany's Rheinmetall have soared 57% this year, while BAE Systems is up 17% and France's Thales has gained 22%.
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European defence stocks rise as leaders look at spending boost
European defence stocks surged on Monday as governments faced pressure to hike military spending in the region, following calls from Washington for higher expenditure ahead of talks between the U.S. and Russia on a possible Ukraine peace deal.
European Defense Stocks Trade Up on Expectations of Increased Military Spending
European defense stocks were trading up as investors bet on increased military spending across the continent. Investors expect Germany to lead the way with a special defence spending budget that could go up to 200 billion euros ($210 billion),
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Europe will need to pull all the levers to up its defence spending
Guntram Wolff of Bruegel, a think-tank in Brussels, and Alex Burilkov of Leuphana University Lüneburg calculate the immediate requirement at 3.5% of GDP for Europe to be able to defend itself without ...
Where NATO members rank on defense spending
President Trump has called on NATO allies to increase their defense spending to 5 percent, with only three countries ...
Trump's special envoy Kellog meets UK Foreign Secretary Lammy to discuss increase in defence spending and peace in Europe
The US President's Special Representative for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg has said the United Kingdom will increase ...
UK's Starmer will meet with Trump as Europe's leaders worry about drifting US support for Ukraine
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is visiting the White House to try to convince President Donald Trump that peace in ...
Diane Abbott says Starmer’s ‘morally indefensible’ defence spend drive won’t make us safer
A rearmament drive paid for by slashing the UK’s foreign aid budget shows the “completely wrong priorities” of the Labour ...
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Mind the gaps: Europe’s to-do list for defense without the US
Defense News asked experts how much time a European alliance will need to reach adequate capacity in nine defense enablers.
Europe must raise defence spending, use Russian assets for Ukraine, Czech PM says
Europe should use money from frozen Russian assets for further military support of Ukraine and relax its fiscal rules to ...
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Starmer brings UK defense spending pledge to Washington to help sway Trump on Ukraine
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer flew to Washington on Wednesday after announcing a big increase in the British defense budget, an investment that he hopes will help persuade U.S. President Donald ...