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EU Leaders On Ukraine, Auto Tariffs Paused, USDA Workers Return

2025/3/6
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Terry Schultz: 我在布鲁塞尔报道此次会议，感受到自俄罗斯全面入侵乌克兰以来前所未有的担忧。这种担忧并非源于莫斯科的行动变化，而是由于特朗普政府与乌克兰关系的迅速恶化，以及美国暂停对乌克兰的军事援助和情报共享。欧盟领导人正在紧急会议上协调对乌克兰的支持，并寻求减少对美国的依赖。他们计划提出一个8000亿欧元的提案，用于增加国防开支，部分通过贷款和调整债务规定来实现。欧洲需要将经济转变为战时经济以应对美国的不确定性，并需要向民众解释这一必要性。 Giuseppe Spadafora: 美国可能利用放弃乌克兰的威胁来获得让步，从而削弱欧洲，迫使欧洲在贸易、技术标准和权利等方面做出妥协。 Emmanuel Macron: 作为欧洲两个核大国之一的领导人，我将召集欧洲军队首长讨论潜在的维和部队，并考虑将法国的核威慑延伸到整个欧洲。欧洲的未来不应由华盛顿或莫斯科决定。 supporting_evidences Terry Schultz: 'Well, today I expect leaders to move forward...That would be partly in loans backed up by the EU for buying new weapons and partly by setting aside EU penalties on having too much debt so that governments can now drastically increase their military spending.' Giuseppe Spadafora: 'He told me that even the fear of the U.S. disengaging could destabilize the transatlantic relationship further...It could force Europeans to compromise on a lot of other areas, such as trade concessions, changing technology standards.' Emmanuel Macron: 'And as the head of one of two nuclear powers in Europe...The future of Europe does not have to be decided in Washington or Moscow...'

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This chapter discusses the emergency summit of European Union leaders to coordinate support for Ukraine following the US's pause on military supplies and intelligence sharing. The mood is one of worry, and leaders are exploring options to increase defense spending and reduce reliance on the US.
  • European leaders are holding an emergency summit to discuss increasing defense spending and support for Ukraine.
  • The US paused military supplies and intelligence sharing with Ukraine, causing worry among European leaders.
  • Proposals include an 800 billion euro package for defense spending, partly through loans and partly by adjusting EU debt penalties.
  • French President Macron is considering extending the French nuclear deterrent over the rest of Europe.

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European leaders are meeting for an emergency summit to find ways to raise billions for defense and aid to Ukraine after after the U.S. cut military support. President Trump has granted a one-month exemption on new auto tariffs for Canadian and Mexican imports. And, a federal board has ordered the USDA to reinstate nearly 6,000 fired workers, ruling their dismissals were likely unlawful.*Want more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter).*Today's episode of Up First was edited by Nick Spicer, Kara Platoni, Padma Rama, Alice Woelfle and Mohamad ElBardicy.It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Chris Thomas.We get engineering support from Neisha Heinis, our technical director is Stacey Abbott.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices)NPR Privacy Policy)