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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, and Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk attend a press conference in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Feb.12, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Poland, France and Germany vow to make Europe stronger as fears grow over Russia and Trump

The governments of Poland, France and Germany are vowing to make Europe a security and defense power with a greater ability to back Ukraine

By SYLVIE CORBET, VANESSA GERA and GEIR MOULSON
Published - Feb 12, 2024, 04:50 PM ET
Last Updated - Feb 12, 2024, 04:50 PM EST

PARIS (AP) — The governments of Poland, France and Germany vowed Monday to make Europe a security and defense power with a greater ability to back Ukraine, amid concerns that former U.S. President Donald Trump might return to the White House and allow Russia to expand its aggression on the continent.

The foreign ministers of the three countries met in the Paris suburb of La Celle-Saint-Cloud to have talks about Ukraine, amid other issues. They discussed reviving the so-called Weimar Triangle, a long dormant regional grouping that was designed to promote cooperation between France, Germany and Poland.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who met with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin on Monday, said he wanted to “revitalize” his nation's relations with its key European partners.

“There is no reason why we should be so clearly militarily weaker than Russia, and therefore increasing production and intensifying our cooperation are absolutely indisputable priorities,” Tusk said in arguing for the European Union to become “a military power” in its own right.

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