
Who Will Pay? EU Split Over €150B Defense Plan
Southern and Northern Europe are clashing over whether to share borrowing costs or stick to national debt—raising fresh questions about EU unity.
Southern and Northern Europe are clashing over whether to share borrowing costs or stick to national debt—raising fresh questions about EU unity.
Inflation and the cost of living crisis remain Europeans’ primary concerns, yet Brussels seems committed to funding more defense spending from public debt.
MEPs allegedly received thousands of euros for signing a letter that tried to defend the Chinese tech giant from EU “technological racism.”
Dismantling and rebuilding the scaffolding every month for three years for just one day of debates sounds like a “Benny Hill sketch,” a conservative MEP said.
Bucharest insists the delay has nothing to do with banning the nationalist election frontrunner, but a subtle signal from the U.S. embassy could suggest otherwise.
“What you are doing is not only right but also a mission that shapes Europe’s destiny,” PM Viktor Orbán told Salvini while presenting the Hunyadi Award.
EP President Metsola is already trying to save face, saying she cannot allow allegations against “a few individuals to tarnish the work of hundreds of others.”
The proposal was adopted with over 83% in favor, while the progressives behind the stunt are polling at less than 1%.
As Brussels pushes for urgent military aid to Ukraine, divisions deepen over funding, with bigger economies resisting calls to pay the most.
“We will have to change ourselves,” the Serb president said following the largest demonstration the country has seen in decades.