After years of prodding by President Trump and as China extends its global reach, the Europe Union will increase its military spending, according to a senior EU official.

“We are aware that our partners around the world expect us to play a bigger role as a provider of global security, and we are ready to do so,” EU High Representative Josep Borrell said in a Thursday address to the EU’s Washington Defense Forum. “The era of a somewhat naive Europe has come to an end.”