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The leaders of France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and Poland gathered in Berlin to coordinate their support for Ukraine and to discuss how to strengthen the European pillar of NATO before the alliance's summit in Ankara, scheduled for the seventh and eighth of July. The meeting reflects growing pressure from the United States on European allies to take on a larger share of the burden for continental defence.
President Trump has made no secret of his frustration with European countries that he considers to be spending insufficiently on their own defence. American officials have made clear that Washington expects a significant increase in defence expenditure from its NATO allies, and that the United States will no longer accept an unequal distribution of the security burden across the Atlantic.
For Ukraine, the Berlin meeting and the upcoming NATO summit are crucial moments. The country continues to depend heavily on Western military and financial support to maintain its resistance against Russia. The question of whether Ukraine will eventually be offered a pathway to NATO membership remains one of the most contentious issues within the alliance, with different member states holding very different views.
The Berlin meeting raises a fundamental question that Europe has been grappling with since February 2022: can the continent develop the strategic autonomy and military capacity to defend itself, with or without the full backing of the United States? The Ankara summit will be a key moment in answering that question.
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