On Tuesday 7 May, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk called for the mobilisation of at least €100 billion for Europe’s defence and security.
“Big and well-spent money on European security will push war away from Europe’s borders for a long time, perhaps permanently”, he explained at the European Economic Congress in Katowice, in the presence of the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen (see EUROPE B13406A11).
Mr Tusk also said that over the “next few months...