> He said the EU should not let itself be intimidated or be overly concerned, but should wake up and strengthen.
Hopefully this’ll actually mean something rather than just the usual generic statements.
The EU has actually been going through a big defense spending boom in the past few years and most European NATO members are over 2% of their GDP being spent on defense now. Let’s just hope it’s maintained with dual threats from the East and (hopefully not serious) threats from the West.
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!ping EU
!ping FOREIGN-POLICY
> He said the EU should not let itself be intimidated or be overly concerned, but should wake up and strengthen.
Hopefully this’ll actually mean something rather than just the usual generic statements.
The EU has actually been going through a big defense spending boom in the past few years and most European NATO members are over 2% of their GDP being spent on defense now. Let’s just hope it’s maintained with dual threats from the East and (hopefully not serious) threats from the West.