
EU Can’t Agree How To Pay for Its Growing Budget
MEPs are backing new priorities—from defence to competitiveness—but can’t agree on how to fund them.

MEPs are backing new priorities—from defence to competitiveness—but can’t agree on how to fund them.

Lawmakers were told that a war with Russia in the years ahead is the foremost concern of a leading military official.

Pressured by the EU on excessive budget deficits, Helsinki needs to rethink the very purpose of its government.

Excuses for failure: at the CDU’s national party congress, Friedrich Merz defended his record, his debt U-turn, and his refusal to cooperate with the AfD.

Officials have big plans for the armed forces, but aren’t willing to approve the funding.

Half of all EU states are below 1% GDP growth with no improvement in sight.

“If anyone thinks here … that the European Union or Europe as a whole can defend itself without the U.S., keep on dreaming. You can’t,” Rutte said.

Berlin’s recently increased defense spending covers missiles, armored medical vehicles, satellite systems, and even new uniforms.

Our elites have retreated from the values that once constituted the core of military ethos. Service, duty, courage, discipline, loyalty—all are seen as hopelessly outdated, if not genuinely dangerous.

The European Commission unveils two flagship defense projects amid growing concerns over funding and political control.