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Zelensky stresses gratitude to US and praises European 'unity' after weekend of talks.

Parties in talks to form Germany's new government are considering quickly setting up two special funds potentially worth hundreds of billions of euros, one for defence and a second for infrastructure, three people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. Ever more clear that Europe urgently needs a plan to ensure undisrupted support for Ukraine," said Minna Kuusisto, chief analyst of global macro and geopolitics at Danske Bank, adding the risk is growing that the U.S. might completely cut off aid to Ukraine.
"We argue arming Ukraine is by far cheapest option for Europe," Trump floated a 25% "reciprocal" tariff on Europe cars& other goods. U.S. dollar index - which measures the currency against euro, sterling, yen, Canadian dollar & two other major rivals - eased 0.25% to 107.03.