European leaders have vowed to rearm the continent at historic emergency talks held after the United States threatened to rip up 80 years of security guarantees over the trajectory of Russia’s war in Ukraine.

The EU cannot afford financing Ukraine's military efforts as U.S. financial aid is no longer guaranteed, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday after the leaders of 26 EU countries signed a statement voicing support for Ukraine without Hungary.

A defence spending surge could boost Europe's sluggish economy as long as it provides a springboard for a broader industrial revival and if governments convince the sector that the funding is there for the long haul.

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Security guarantees. It’s the phrase Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky used countless times during an explosive clash with United States President Donald Trump and Vice-President JD Vance at the White House last week – and since.

Another day, another withdrawal of US support for Ukraine’s and, therefore, Europe’s security. While President Donald Trump pushes for a surrender deal with Russia, Europeans are hurrying to equip Europe to defend itself without American help.

In fact this was Christian Pineau, the French foreign minister, after the Suez crisis in 1956. Then, America forced Britain and France to pull back from their joint military adventure. Britain concluded that it had to hug America close;

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On Ukraine, Europe could arguably quite easily replace current US support, if it put its mind to it. Germany is the largest donor of military aid to Ukraine after the US. If other European powers followed its lead, it says, Ukraine defence would be covered for the foreseeable future.