EU Army: Commission Floats €100 Billion Defense Fund
Brussels is trying to scare member states into funding the project by flashing the Trump card.
Brussels is trying to scare member states into funding the project by flashing the Trump card.
The Defence Commissioner would promote military cooperation among EU member states and an increase in the production of weaponry and ammunition.
The German military has to be transformed to meet the potential threat of armed conflict, Pistorius said.
2,800 military personnel from 19 member states took part in the exercise
The federalising attitude to European defence is likely to conflict with a growing sense of anti-war populism within the Parliament.
The Russian hacking incident exposed British state secrets while laying bare the security risks of privately owned national defence systems.
“Energy policy has become security policy,” the local official in charge of transitioning to sustainable energy production said, calling for better collaboration between agencies.
The Polish president claimed that Vladimir Putin sought “to revive the Russian empire and must be stopped now, so that American soldiers do not need to sacrifice their lives in Europe.”
With Germany poised to procure weapons from the U.S. and Israel, France pivots towards Europe’s own defense industry.
While Germany’s first-ever national security strategy remains cautious on the China question, it is considerably less so on the Russian one, naming Moscow the “most significant threat to peace and security in the Euro-Atlantic area.”
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