Laying out her vision of the new strategy to members of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, Von der Leyen said: “At the heart of this must be a simple principle: Europe must spend more, spend better, spend European.”
Von der Leyen said the commission will make proposals for the new defense industry strategy in coming weeks
I was surprised the first Trump presidency wasn’t a big wake up call for the EU to stand more on its own and lessen dependency on the US. I think they thought it would go back to normal after Trump, but with a second term at least possible, it needs to be ready for it.
It is not just Trump either, could be DeSantis or Abbot next or one of the other younger crazies like Marjorie Taylor Green, Matt Gaetz,…
Too bad we let 4 years to pass doing nothing
Just wait and see how we are also going to pass the next 4 years.
Oh, I know. It it already something we talked about it.