EU Considers More Ammunition-Spending Leeway in New Fiscal Rules

  • Proposal must be detailed, verifiable, part of broader package
  • Estonia is reserved about idea and calls for budget balance

Ukrainian artillerymen with shells on a front line position near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, on April 22.

Photographer: Anatoli Stepanov/AFP/Getty Images

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The European Union is considering granting additional time to member states to balance their budgets if they invest in ramping up ammunition production, a priority following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.