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The Military Industrial Complex

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German defence minister plans crisis meet on US-made arms: report
Mar 20, 2025 (AFP)
Countries across Europe are re-examining their dependence on US weapons and technology, alarmed by US President Donald Trump's administration casting doubt on f...
As Russia looms, EU defence plans fail to quell joint borrowing calls
Mar 20, 2025 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump has turbocharged calls for Europe to rearm by casting doubt on Washington's central role in NATO and making overtures towards Russia o...
Rocked by Trump, EU seeks to kickstart defence push
Mar 19, 2025 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump has turbocharged calls for Europe to rearm by casting doubt on Washington's central role in NATO and making overtures towards Russia o...
Germany's Merz says new defence spending counters Putin's 'war against Europe'
Mar 18, 2025 (AFP)
"It is a war against Europe and not just a war against the territorial integrity of Ukraine," Merz told parliament ahead of a vote on plans that also include ma...
Italy PM walks tightrope with EU defence spending, Ukraine
Mar 18, 2025 (AFP)
The prime minister will give a speech to the Senate on her approach to a European Union summit starting on Thursday, where leaders will discuss plans to ramp up...
German parliament to vote on huge spending boost for defence, infrastructure
Mar 18, 2025 (AFP)
The hastily drawn plans represent a radical departure for a country traditionally reluctant to take on large amounts of debt or to spend heavily on the military...
Amid tensions, Canada says reviewing purchase of US jets
Mar 15, 2025 (AFP)
That announcement came two days after Portugal said it too was reexamining a possible purchase of American F-35 fighter jets amid rising international anger ove...
EU urges member states to give Ukraine up to 40bn euros of arms this year
Mar 14, 2025 (AFP)
President Donald Trump rocked Kyiv and its European backers by briefly suspending Washington's military aid for Ukraine after a bust-up with his counterpart Vol...
UK boosts export financing for defence firms by $2.6bn
Mar 14, 2025 (AFP)
The new funds "will see billions of pounds unlocked for UK defence companies that export overseas, driving economic growth and creating jobs across the UK," it ...
German MPs to begin debating Merz's spending plans
Mar 13, 2025 (AFP)
Merz unveiled the plans last week, vowing his centre-right CDU/CSU bloc and the centre-left SPD -- in talks to form a coalition after February's elections -- wo...
Calls for defence spending spree raise hackles in Spain
Mar 13, 2025 (AFP)
Russia's invasion of Ukraine and growing fears that President Donald Trump will withdraw US security guarantees that have protected Europe for decades have forc...
Germany's Merz set for parliament showdown over spending bonanza
Mar 13, 2025 (AFP)
Merz unveiled the plans last week, vowing his centre-right CDU/CSU bloc and the centre-left SPD -- in talks to form a coalition after February's general electio...
German arms firm Rheinmetall seizes on European 'era of rearmament'
Mar 12, 2025 (AFP)
"An era of rearmament has begun in Europe that will demand a lot from all of us," Rheinmetall's chief Armin Papperger said in a statement as the group published...
Italian defence firm Leonardo to boost capacity amid geopolitical risks
Mar 11, 2025 (AFP)
"We have to ask ourselves how to increase our delivery capacity," Chief Executive Roberto Cingolani told analysts during a conference call laying out the compan...
Greens cast doubt over Germany's defence spending plans
Mar 10, 2025 (AFP)
Merz's proposal comes as the German economy experiences prolonged stagnation and US President Donald Trump's direct overtures to Russian President Vladimir Puti...
Europe's dependence on US arms rose in last 5 years: report
Mar 09, 2025 (AFP)
The findings by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) coincide with an announcement by European Union states that they intend to strength...
European rearmament should avoid US firms: Airbus
Mar 07, 2025 (AFP)
"If we spend extra money for defence on products off the shelf from the USA, we are cementing our dependence on others," Michael Schoellhorn, the head of Airbus...
China says to hike defence spending by 7.2% this year
Mar 05, 2025 (AFP)
The country's expenditure on its armed forces has been on the rise for decades, broadly in line with economic growth. China has the world's second-largest milit...
In Ramstein, Germans struggle to imagine town without US base
Mar 05, 2025 (AFP)
For decades, locals have endured the roar of fighter jets but also forged close economic and cultural bonds with many of the 50,000 American military personnel ...
Germany's proposed defence and infrastructure bonanza: how and why?
Mar 05, 2025 (AFP)
Introduced in 2009 after the financial crash, the brake limits government borrowing to 0.35 percent of GDP in an effort to make sure the German government can a...
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