Von der Leyen reveals a large plan to increase EU military spending.
On Tuesday, a high European official presented a wide face to reorganize the continent, trying to fill a void while President Trump retired from supporting Ukraine and put pressure on Europe to spend more for his defense.The official, Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union, has established a large but vague proposal to increase the expenditure for European defense from a lot of 800 billion euros, or about $ 843 billion, including a loan program of € 150 billion to pay more weapons and technology.The plans report an important political turn in a tenuous moment, since European leaders take the requests of Mr. Trump.While the EU has long been seen as a project built for peace and open trade, the world has abruptly changed around ...