
President Zelenskyj is increasingly seeking solidarity in Europe, while the federal government is planning an AI project with Nvidia.
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EU heads of state meet in Brussels to discuss military and political support for Ukraine.
In view of new tensions with the US government, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj is even more dependent on European solidarity than before. EU heads of state and government will meet in Brussels on Thursday and Friday for a summit to, among other things, reaffirm political and military support for Ukraine. But the EU also has to raise billions more to achieve this. Jakob Hanke Vela, head of the Handelsblatt office in Brussels, explains why this has to happen as quickly as possible.
Also: The Handelsblatt reveals a planned cooperation between the federal government and the chip company Nvidia. The project is intended to promote AI in industry – and receive generous government start-up funding. Josefine Fokuhl, political correspondent in the Handelsblatt capital office, explains what exactly this is about.
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