BERLIN, March 4 (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister
Annalena Baerbock on Tuesday welcomed European Commission
President Ursula von der Leyen's plans to raise defence funds as
"an important first step".
"Two things are now essential for peace through strength:
additional aid - military and financial - for Ukraine, which is
defending our freedom. And a quantum leap to strengthen our EU
defence," Baerbock said on X.
(Writing by Friederike Heine
Editing by Madeline Chambers)