A top EU official calls for a new defense industry strategy with locally made arms at its heart (apnews.com)

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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

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[-] DrCake@lemmy.world 24 points 8 months ago

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.

[-] taladar@feddit.de 9 points 8 months ago

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,...

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