The meeting of the defence ministers from the EU's largest countries together with the deputy defence minister of Great Britain comes as Poland begins its rotating presidency of the EU and as Europe braces for the unpredictability of a new Donald Trump presidency.
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00:00Defence Ministers from Poland, France, Italy and Germany met in Warsaw on Monday to discuss
00:06military aid to Ukraine and security in Europe.
00:10The meeting of the NATO Defence Ministers together with the Deputy Defence Minister of the UK
00:15comes as Poland begins its rotating presidency of the EU.
00:19There is nothing more important than the spending on security, organisation and three basic
00:26pillars of a strong Europe.
00:29As a key NATO member on the Alliance's eastern frontier, Poland has been a strong voice about
00:45NATO's future for Eastern Europe and Ukraine.
00:49It remains one of Ukraine's staunchest allies in terms of both defence and humanitarian
00:54aid, particularly as its geographical position allows for the rapid movement of supplies
01:00to Ukraine's front lines.
01:02Poland is NATO's biggest relative defence spender after Warsaw earmarked 4.7% of its
01:08GDP spending on defence this year.
01:11Trump wants NATO members to increase the current 2% target to 5%.