Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk attends a press conference with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, at the European Solidarity Center in Gdansk, Poland February 7, 2025. REUTERS/Lukasz Glowala/File Photo WARSAW (Reuters) - Europe needs its own plan for Ukraine and for its own security or its future will be decided by other powers,

U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum “will not go unanswered,” European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen said.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance will discuss economic issues and security partnership with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, he said ahead of a bilateral meeting with her at an AI summit in Paris on Tuesday.

The European Commission will propose exempting defence from EU limits on government spending, the head of the EU executive, Ursula von der Leyen, said on Friday, amid pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump for Europe to finance its own defence.

Failure to secure a “just and lasting peace” for Ukraine would enfeeble not only Europe but also the United States, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warned Friday.

Failure to secure a “just and lasting peace” for Ukraine would enfeeble not only Europe but also the United States, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warned Friday.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday said he would discuss trade and economic issues with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, after Washington decided to impose tariffs on all steel and aluminium imports and stirred fears of a trade war.

Europeans are debating additional funding and contemplating troops in Ukraine as American support appears ever more at risk.

A deep rift between the center-left Socialists and Democrats (S&D) and von der Leyen’s own European People’s Party (EPP) — who have governed the EU together from the start — following the Commissioner hearings in autumn has damaged the centrist coalition of parliamentary lawmakers.

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pledged billions more in funding as she arrived in Kyiv - while warning the rest of Europe about a "fight for survival". Watch live below as world leaders discuss the war on the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.