EU leaders prepare 'concrete' measures on defense financing, sources say

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : According to Goldman Sachs, EU leaders could "repurpose" the outstanding financial capacity from the NextGenerationEU funds for defense.
54% : Traders will be watching the talks between EU officials closely.
54% : These will then be discussed by EU leaders on Thursday.
53% : European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced in February that EU fiscal rules will be updated to allow countries to spend more on defense without being constrained by specific debt and deficit targets.
51% : The European Investment Bank, which is targeting 95 billion euros ($99.26 billion) in investments in 2025, is currently constrained to only financing dual-use defense projects, which means they have to have both civil and military purposes.
49% : Trump, meanwhile, has called for 5% of GDP as the NATO contribution target.
49% : " One key question is whether the EU will go so far as to agree to common borrowing for defense projects.
36% : Trump has often criticized European nations for failing to spend 2% of their GDP on defense, as stipulated by NATO rules.

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