But perhaps the biggest challenge for the EU will be building a united stance at a moment when it’s fractured, since much of the bloc’s actions requires unanimous support. Hungary is threatening to veto part of the summit statement on Ukraine, as is Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico.

Leaders from all 27 European Union nations, plus Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, descended on Brussels for an emergency summit on how best to support beleaguered Ukraine and ramp up the continent's defense.

European Union leaders are holding emergency talks on ways to quickly increase their military budgets after the Trump administration signaled that Europe must take care of its own security and also su

European leaders agreed to surge defense spending and voiced near-unanimous support for Ukraine at an extraordinary meeting on Thursday, as the continent attempts once again to grasp control of negotiations over the war in Ukraine.