
Germany: Center Right Discusses Reinstating Draft, EU-Wide Conscription Proposed
The CDU thinks compulsory service is unavoidable in Germany, but EPP chief Manfred Weber would rather introduce it across the entire EU.
The CDU thinks compulsory service is unavoidable in Germany, but EPP chief Manfred Weber would rather introduce it across the entire EU.
Brussels relies on Israeli hardware— despite its routine criticisms reserved exclusively for Israel.
Reactors out, warheads in: Germany seeking potential common European nuclear shield after 2024.
Ursula von der Leyen’s plans for an EU Defence Union are filling the void of a failing green deal.
Estonia plans to establish a network of 600 bunkers along its border area with Russia at the beginning of 2025.
Berlin’s secret wargame exercise ends with NATO mobilizing 300,000 troops to defend its eastern flank by next May.
The new agreement may be a stop-gap as Sweden’s NATO membership bid continues to be delayed.
With the West’s focus shifting to the conflict in Israel, Kyiv no longer asks for aid, but investments in their planned military industry.
The EU has “no other choice” but to significantly increase its defense budget after 2025, Commissioner Breton said, suggesting a joint war fleet and missile defense network.
Wallace’s announcement comes only days before a long-awaited defense command paper to cut the number of regular troops is presented at Parliament, reducing the UK army to its smallest size since the Napoleonic wars.