EU Agrees to Boost Defenses Against Russia by 2030: Polish Prime Minister

Donald Tusk said the European Council had agreed that in five years, Europe ’must be, in terms of army, weapons, technology, clearly stronger than Russia.’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (R) and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk shake hands at the end of their press conference in Lviv, Ukraine, on Dec. 17, 2024. Yuriy Dyachyshyn/AFP via Getty Images

European Union leaders have agreed that the 27-nation bloc must be fully capable of defending itself against a possible Russian attack by 2030, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Friday.

“By 2030 Europe must be—in terms of army, weapons, technology—clearly stronger than Russia. And it will be,” he said.