onsdag 26. februar 2025
As its trust in US ebbs, Europe takes hard look at more defense spending
A consensus is solidifying on both sides of the Atlantic: Europe must stand on its own two feet. For too long, the thinking goes, Europe has relied on the United States to shoulder the costs of its own defense. Washington will “no longer tolerate an imbalanced relationship” with its NATO allies, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Feb. 12 at an international defense meeting in Brussels. The warning has left European leaders, fearing the possibility of Russian aggression beyond Ukraine, scrambling to fill the gap.
