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The Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, says Europe is entering a “prewar” era, cautioning that the continent is not ready and urging European countries to step up defence investment.

In an interview with a group of European newspapers reported by the BBC, Tusk said: “I don’t want to scare anyone, but war is no longer a concept from the past. It’s real and it started over two years ago.”

Tusk’s comments came days after a Russian missile briefly breached Polish airspace during a major attack on Ukraine, prompting Warsaw to put its forces on heightened readiness. Ukrainian officials have said large-scale Russian missile and drone attacks had targeted energy infrastructure.

Tusk has been using his platform to try to add a sense of urgency to Europe’s debates about defence and aid to Ukraine, amid fears about the future of American assistance and concerns about defence industrial capacity.

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[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago

These war mongers instantly getting the billions that supposedly never existed for climate change.

[-] SupraMario@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

Confused why you think security from being invaded should be tied to climate change?

[-] CraigeryTheKid@lemm.ee 21 points 8 months ago

you're both making valid points - but I think Linker's point was that "we simply don't have the money to fight climate change" loses a bit of credibility when it suddenly appears to fight the bogeyman.

[-] TurtleJoe@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

Fighting climate change takes systemic change, as to truly solve it we need to do away with extractive capitalism. Turning on the money taps to fund the military industry fits neatly within the current system.

[-] Tabula_stercore@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

Not confused.

Many European countries have reduced their military spending because of the tax-wallet, and Tusk is right to increase it.

Yet, the bigger threat of losing livable planet is still in a negotiation phase when it comes to funding; projects that will need to be paid by the ( inescapable ) the tax-wallet.

[-] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 4 points 8 months ago

Climate change is also an imminent emergency. The conparison is apt. Funding was always the problem. If it was cheaper or same cost to be green, everyone already would be. Both are a threat. It just happens that a threat involving enrichment of entrenched companies in the military industrial complex is easier to approve than those portrayed as tree hugging hippies.

[-] SupraMario@lemmy.world -1 points 8 months ago

The military is pretty damn green for what they do, at least here in the USA. We also get a lot of innovation from military spending, not just on the green front but medical as well. Wars are about as anti-green as it gets so ignoring one that could potentially cause major issues, seems the opposite of what you want to be doing.

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