An EU Army Threatens European Security
European countries cannot do without defence provided by the United States.
European countries cannot do without defence provided by the United States.
Balancing geopolitical ambitions with budgetary realities, the EU not only keeps existing foreign missions but also tries to add new ones, while calling for 40% female participation and 100% member state-funded personnel.
European countries increased their military budgets faster than at any time since the end of the Cold War.
The UK defence secretary warned that the British Army has been “hollowed out” and needs investment. The country is also forecasted to fare worse than all other developed countries this year, including Russia—so can it continue to support Ukraine?
A broad sector of Denmark’s society—including the Lutheran bishops, business communities, Rightist and Leftist opposition parties, trade unions, and others—remain vehemently opposed, for varying reasons, to the government’s scrapping of the public holiday.
This change for Japan, which had renounced the right to wage war and had adopted a stance of military non-involvement in international disputes, illustrates how much the geopolitical reality has changed in recent years.
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