The 27 leaders signed off on a move to loosen budget restrictions so willing EU countries can increase military spending. They also urged the European Commission, the EU’s executive branch, to ...

Global military spending rose to a record last year as Russia's war in Ukraine drove the biggest annual increase in expenditure in Europe since the end of the Cold War three decades ago, a leading ...

As NATO meets in The Hague, a Kyiv think tank says Europe must face the Russian threat with reduced U.S. support.

Ukraine, for example, has been sent at least 17 kinds of howitzers, ... Page 4 of the New York edition with the headline: Europe’s Leaders Hope Military Spending Can Ignite Growth.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, right, speaks with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, as they arrive for an EU Summit at the European Council building in Brussels ...

The German parliament’s budget committee is expected to decide Friday to clear up to 3 billion euros ($3.3 billion) in extra funding for German military aid to Ukraine this year.

All European Union member states have been invited, Macron said, adding that talks will be held in “close coordination” with NATO’s military command. European-led forces in Ukraine would not ...

Donald Trump’s plan to allow the European Union pay for arms supplied to Ukraine is piling pressure on EU officials negotiating how to finance the bloc’s defense-spending ambitions.