Gulyás, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's chief of staff, reportedly said that NATO's expansion to include the two Nordic countries would be ratified by mid-December at the latest.

The shock move by new finance chief Jeremy Hunt, parachuted into the job on Friday to replace sacked Kwasi Kwarteng, leaves Truss' position in a precarious state after a series of embarrassing U-turns.

Billions in new defense spending is here, but European firms don’t have the supply, coordination or speed to match the war-time demand.