FILE PHOTO: German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius attends a SPD board meeting in Berlin, Germany November 11, 2024. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/Pool/File Photo, Germany's defence minister pledged on Monday after talks with his British, French, Italian and Polish counterparts on how to foster defence efforts as Donald Trump is set to return to the White House.
Meeting hours after Trump's victory, Pistorius and French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu had on Nov 6 agreed to call a meeting with their counterparts.Commentary: Putin escalates Ukraine war by a step, not a leap, with missile experiment "We are obliged today to say it clearly - Europe must increase its efforts when it comes to helping Ukraine but above all... when it comes to its own security. Without higher spending, without awareness in every European society of the times we are living in, everything is nothing."