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position. so particular countries, you see that in germany, chancellor schultz has come in for a lot of criticism, but germany has done a u turn when it comes to defence spending. a lot of people may have thought it was a bit late, but they re trying to keep a coalition together, so these decisions and this policy making can be very complex. i this policy-making can be very comlex. ., this policy-making can be very comlex. ~ ., , :, , ., complex. i think there has to be a measure of complex. i think there has to be a measure of respect complex. i think there has to be a measure of respect for complex. i think there has to be a measure of respect for germany | measure of respect for germany because measure of respect for germany because they measure of respect for germany because they have measure of respect for germany because they have had - measure of respect for germany because they have had to - measure of respect for germany because they have had to do - measure of re
war really you realise what going back to cold war really means in terms of defence spending? war really means in terms of defence spending? it is vast, it either nteans spending? it is vast, it either means vast tax raises or huge cuts in terms means vast tax raises or huge cuts in terms of means vast tax raises or huge cuts in terms of things people really care about, like educational health. boris care about, like educational health. borisjohnson is not a man with unpleasant realities and he is not facing unpleasant realities and he is not facing the unpleasant realities and he is not facing the country with it and nor is he facing the country with it and nor is he facing facing the country with it and nor is he facing up to do it himself. i want is he facing up to do it himself. want to is he facing up to do it himself. i want to talk about the detail of this in the moment, but on this question of spending in the military, we had a defence review barely a year ago
pressing team of these few days and i think issues that have emerged from the ukraine war as well the actual situation on the ground dominated everything from sanctions toissues dominated everything from sanctions to issues of food security, to climb it as well and how that links into gas and oil position, sol it as well and how that links into gas and oil position, so i think the leaders were under pressure to come out with results, but i have to say i don t think there was that much progress made. take food security, for example, there was a lot of talk going into the summer that they would be some way of trying to deal with this issue of the tonnes of grain that are stuck in ukraine and can t get out. we really didn t see any progress on that. also with sanctions there was a plan to put a price cap on oil. yes, they agreed that, but the detail is very much still have to be worked out, so in terms of actual meat on the bones, i think it was quite disappointing. in some way see genera