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Europe launches defense push amid Russia threat, US worries

Deutsche Welle

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In a bid to strengthen ties with allies, Brussels involved countries like South Korea and Japan and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) in its program that could see as much as €800 billion spent on defense.
Politico Europe
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The European Union on Wednesday announced a new drive to break its security dependency on the United States, with a focus on buying more defense equipment in Europe rather than from suppliers across the Atlantic.
The Independent
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The European Commission and the EU High Representative have presented the White Paper on European Defence – Readiness 2030.
Ukrainska Pravda
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Earlier this month, EU finance ministers backed a proposal to use the flexibility in the bloc's revised fiscal rules to spend more on defence without triggering disciplinary steps from Brussels for excessive borrowing.
Reuters

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