Europe’s leaders are caught between the need to boost their defence spending in a hurry, and their tight finances. The European leaders gathered by French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday at a rapidly convened summit in Paris may have debated the creation of a joint borrowing vehicle that would help shore up their militaries while mutualising the associated fiscal cost.

European nations are bent on boosting Ukraine where they can, and EU nations see eye to eye when it comes to upping defense spending.

European leaders hastily gathered in Paris to discuss Ukraine peace plans. Defense stocks jumped after EU members were allowed to ramp up spending on security.

French President Emmanuel Macron has called leaders from key European Union nations and the United Kingdom to his ornate Elysee Palace for an emergency meeting Monday

European leaders insisted Monday they must have a say in international talks to end the war in Ukraine despite the clear message from both Washington and Moscow that there was no role

French President Emmanuel Macron, right, holds a video meeting gathering European Union (EU) 27 leaders following his meeting with US President Donald Trump, at the Elysee palace in Paris, Wednesday,

Ukrainian leader says he will not accept any deal made without them ahead of meeting between Russia and US on Tuesday.

Several European Union leaders said the decision to omit a majority of member states from a hastily arranged summit in Paris risks sending the wrong signal about the bloc’s unity.

European leaders hastily gathered in Paris to discuss Ukraine peace plans. Defense stocks jumped after EU members were allowed to ramp up spending on security.

European leaders have insisted their governments must have a say in talks between the U.S. and Russia to end the war in Ukraine, as both Moscow and Washington said there was no role for Europe in the

French President Emmanuel Macron had a phone call with Donald Trump just as he was about to greet key European Union nations and the United Kingdom at the Elysee Palace on Monday for

European leaders are seeking to form a united front at emergency talks in Paris, called after a U.S. diplomatic blitz on Ukraine which has thrown a once-solid alliance into turmoil and left the Europe