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A new battle has become a new flashpoint in a new battle between 150 billion euros in the EU defense industry and the continuous reconstruction between France and Germany and not to enter countries outside the block.

US President Donald Trump said that Europe has increased the threats to the end of American defense offspring defense Dramatically spends and expands the domestic capacity since the Cold War.

Last week, the European Commission offered to raise 150 billion euros to lend to the capitals to increase military production. Although the extensive idea has received a unanimous political support, the details are still higher than expenditure on weapons, which are still outside the block.

During the EU summit on Thursday, several leaders should be open to non-EU partners of several leaders, including German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. “It is very important for us to be open to this…, Countries that are not part of the European Union, but in the UK, Norway, Switzerland or Turkey,” Scholz “said.

However, French President Emmanuel Macron, who increased the European autonomy for a long time and increasing the production of local industries, said, “The cost of spending is not for a non-European book.”

For the gaps of European critical capabilities – air protection, long-term strikes, intelligence, intelligence and target – “method is to determine the best business people and business.”

He also said that each EU member state “re-investigated orders to see if European orders are prioritized.”

Brussels diplomats, 150 billion Eurovary initiative for more than a year, have been postponing the European Defense Industry Program for Defense to postpone the contract for more than a year. After Paris, efforts to stop this winter, the EXTRA-EU components and third countries demanded a hat to ban products with rope protection.

In order to prepare a detailed proposal in the next 10 days, the official commission officials were called to contact Paris, Berlin and other capitals to make sure that the member states are not prevented.

“There are many jobs that should be done on it. It was not available a week ago and should be ready in less than two weeks,” he said. “There will be discounts.”

Commission President Ursula Von Der will target seven key opportunities, including air and missile defense, artillery and drones, “Member States will help to help to help to get together” and “Ukraine for Ukraine” will be.

The Polish government, which is currently holding the EU’s rotating presidency and chaired the matches of the bloc, will be under pressure to prepare a rapid agreement. The initiative may be approved by the majority of 27 EU, but in the event of the country, as the country can be elected, EDIF precedent shows are important.

“We are at a stage where this should simply be sorted by the name of the speed.” “But if RAM was reluctant to 1.5 billion euros, how do we expect 150 billion euros?”

The commission refused to comment.