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# Kallas tells EU defence ministers Europe must keep boosting its own defences
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-12-01-kallas-fac-defence-remarks/
- Published: 2025-12-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-08T12:02:25.000Z
- Description: EU foreign and defence policy chief Kaja Kallas told the Foreign Affairs Council that Europe must keep boosting its own defences and called multiyear funding for Ukraine a "game changer", while SAFE plans from nineteen states await Commission evaluation.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #verified, #opinion, #editor-read

Verified Opinion Editor-read [EEAS press remarks by HR/VP Kaja Kallas, 1 December 2025](https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/foreign-affairs-council-defence-press-remarks-high-representativevice-president-kaja-kallas-0%5Fen?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not commit any new money itself; the SAFE national plans she cites remain under review, not yet adopted by Council.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-07\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)