The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyenseveral ideas for shoot the defense expenditure of the European Unionat a time when the threats of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, have accent the need for the block of defend himselfwithout depending on the North American country. A plan, baptized as ‘Rearm Europe’ (‘Rearmar Europe’) with which German politics expects to mobilize “near 800,000 million euros“
Von der Leyen, who has written this Tuesday a letter to the 27 member states outlining that rearme plan that will be presented on Thursday, proposes to create a New fund of 150,000 million of euros, with part of the money of the Next Generation funds, for common investments in missiles, air defense systems, drones and artillery. In addition, he announced that Brussels will allow countries use current cohesion funds for defense.
German politics also proposes to use the Exhaust clause of the fiscal pact so that defense expense does not compute the deficit for those countries with margin in budgets. A measure that would be completed at the European Summit on Thursday, after countries such as Poland or Greece have protested, since they spend 3 to 4% of their GDP and consider that it would now be unfair for Spain or France to benefit in their deficit.
During his appearance on Tuesday, which occurred hours after Trump paralyzed military aid to UkraineVon der Leyen has influenced that We live “dangerous times”. “It is not necessary to describe the very serious nature of the threats we face or the devastating consequences that we would have to face if those threats come true,” said the community leader.
“The issue is no longer whether Europe’s security is threatened in a very real way or if Europe should assume more responsibility for their own security. We have been knowing the answers for a long time. The real question before us is whether Europe is prepared to act With the decision required by the situation and if Europe is ready and can act with the necessary speed and ambition, ”he said.
Thus, von der Leyen has proclaimed that “we are in an era of rearming.” “Europe is ready to shoot its massive defense spendingto respond to short -term urgency to act and support Ukraine, but also to address the long -term need to assume more responsibility for our own European security, “he continued.
Source: Lasexta
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