Europe should welcome rather than rebuff U.S. President Donald Trump's call for other NATO members to ramp up their military spending, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Wednesday, stressing the importance of security to the continent.

Poland is backing Donald Trump’s call to NATO countries to spend 5 percent of their GDP on defense. Trump’s call for alliance members to more than double the target for defense budgets has prompted a mixed reaction among Europe’s cash-strapped governments.

The EU's top diplomat and Poland's prime minister said Wednesday that the bloc must heed US President Donald Trump's demand to spend much more on defence -- faced with the "existential threat" posed by Russia.

The EU's top diplomat Kaja Kallas said Wednesday that the bloc must heed US President Donald Trump's demand to spend more on defence, as she issued a stark warning over

As Donald Trump begins his second term in office, he has called for NATO members to raise their defence budgets to five per cent of GDP.