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Al Arabiya
a day ago
- Politics
- Al Arabiya
Ukraine allies looking for solutions in EU on Patriots, German minister says
Ukraine's allies are looking to see whether some member states in the European Union could supply Ukraine with five Patriot missile defense systems, of which Germany is willing to finance two, Germany's Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said on Tuesday. Pistorius said Germany would have been willing to give two of its own systems to Ukraine but needed reassurance that it could replace them within six to eight months. 'We are now looking for solutions that will allow us to identify Patriot systems in member states in Europe,' he said. 'So, it's not hopeless, but the prerequisite is that countries that have them are prepared to hand them over now so that others can pay for them and they can go to Ukraine,' he added.
Bloomberg
16-07-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
France Builds Support for Using Most-Potent EU Trade Tool on US
A growing number of European Union member states want the bloc to activate its most powerful trade tool against the US should the two sides fail to reach an acceptable agreement by Aug. 1 and Donald Trump carries out his threat of 30% tariffs on the US's largest trading partner. A French-led charge to deploy the EU's so-called anti-coercion instrument is backed by more than half a dozen European capitals, according to people familiar with the matter. Several member states are more cautious, while others have yet to express a position, said the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss private deliberations.
