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Under the leadership of the Socialists and Democrats, the European Parliament is set today to support a strong EU rapid response force known as the EU Rapid Deployment

The Foreign Affairs Committee adopted last week a series of proposals on the new European Rapid Deployment Capability, to be deployed in the event of a crisis. In a draft resolution adopted by the Committee on Foreign Affairs by 43 votes in favour, 2 against and 0 abstentions, MEPs support the proposal of establishing the […]

Opening speech by the Minister for Defence Pål Jonson at the conference on security and defence within the framework of Sweden's presidency of the ...

"The return of war on our continent has accentuated the need to create a real European Security and Defence Union."

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The EUs total defense spending has grown by only 20% over the past 20 years, compared with more than 600% growth in China, European... 05.09.2022, Sputnik International

Article 42.7 is the EUs mutual defence clause yet Sweden and Finland still opted to join NATO.

The EU is now discussing yet another field of political integration: a defence union. But the big task it set itself 20 years ago remains incomplete.

As Russia continues its war in Ukraine, the EU’s security and defense policies are undergoing major shifts. Brussels may finally be getting real(ist) about hard power.

As a supporter of the European Union and a more independent European foreign policy, Macron is seen as an ally by the German ruling class in the implementation of the German-European great power ambitions.

From the blog of Michael Laitman at The Times of Israel