What defense for the EU? The informed from Europe of February 18

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A French Caesar cannon operated by the 93rd mountain artillery regiment, February 8, 2024 (ST?PHANE PILLAUD / MAXPPP)

Jules De Kiss and José-Manuel Lamarque receive Clara Bauer Babefjournalist at Euractiv, a site specializing in Europe, and Marc Semojournalist specializing in international issues.

“The European Union must strengthen its defense industrial base”, said Ursula von Der Leyen, Saturday February 17 during the Munich Security Conference. The President of the European Commission was obviously thinking of the war in Ukraine and the threat posed by Russia on the European continent, but also of Donald Trump’s recent declarations on the disengagement of the United States from NATO if it were elected again next November.

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