On 3-4 December the celebrations in London of the 70th anniversary of NATO and tensions between the leaders of the 29 member states do not subside. US President Donald Trump no longer wants to "subsidize" Europe. Trump wants EU countries to spend at least 2024% of GDP on defense by 2 (Italy is [...]
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(by Adriano Giancane) In a historical moment where the world is looking for a new international order capable of guaranteeing an economic balance that is able to ensure peace and solidarity, we hear more and more often about European #Defense. But how many are really able to build the foundations on which to rest [...]
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Italy has played a crucial role in relaunching the Europe of Defense and plays an equally important part in NATO-EU cooperation through, the so-called "southern hub" of the Alliance inaugurated in Naples. The challenge now is represented by the opportunities offered to industry by the European Defense Fund and by the increase in military spending to approach the threshold of [...]
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(by Pasquale Preziosa) The foreign ministers / defense of 23 countries of the European Union have given shape to the new permanent structured cooperation (Pesco) in the defense sector. Over 50 projects, defined as concrete, will provide the new joint military capabilities that the European defense of tomorrow will need. The EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy [...]
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Federica Mogherini, high representative for EU foreign policy, said: “Today, European citizens are asking that Europe be more committed to security and today the European Union is ready to do so”. “On European defense, in the last year, progress has never been made before. Already at the next European Council in December, - continued Mogherini- [...]
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