Sánchez: Spain will reach 2% defence spending four years early.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez today announced a €10.5 billion security and defence plan to reach 2% of GDP on military expenditure this year, well before its initial 2029 deadline.
After years at the bottom of NATO’s defence rankings, Madrid is now racing ahead.
“The Royal Navy's flagship HMS Prince of Wales has departed on one of its biggest deployments yet. Up to 24 of the latest F-35B stealth jets will join the carrier.” And no doubt the USA has the off switch for those jets. #Defence
https://www.europesays.com/2017183/ Spain pledges to meet NATO spending target by 2025 #defence #Featured #GDP #nato #PedroSánchez #spain
Sánchez: #Spain will reach #2 #defence spending four years early: After years at the bottom of #NATO’s #defence rankings, Madrid is now racing ahead. https://www.euractiv.com/section/defence/news/sanchez-spain-will-reach-2-defence-spending-four-years-early/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=dlvr.it
UK and New Zealand strengthen defence and trade ties in strategic partnership https://www.byteseu.com/945079/ #Defence&Security #EconomicInvestment #GreatBritain #UKGovernment #Ukraine #UnitedKingdom
https://www.europesays.com/2016858/ UK and New Zealand strengthen defence and trade ties in strategic partnership #Defence&Security #EconomicInvestment #GreatBritain #UkGovernment #Ukraine #UnitedKingdom
Remember, the #orange #turd hires only the best!
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/21/nx-s1-5371312/trump-white-house-pete-hegseth-defense-department
#government #criminal #TraitorGOP #TraitorMAGA #impeach #USPolitics #security #defence #saveUSA #SaveTheRepublic #incompetent #corrupt #nincompoop #whiskeypete
Defence companies boast Trump-proof weapons are free of US parts
The first question firms now face when trying to export their weapons is whether they rely on American technology.
https://www.europesays.com/2013731/ NATO tries sound less ‘woke’ in attempt to get Donald Trump on board | World | News #Climate #CultureWar #defence #DEI #diversity #DonaldTrump #Europa #europe #EuropeanDefence #gender #military #nato #OTAN #Russia #USA #woke
NATO tries sound less ‘woke’ in attempt to get Donald Trump on board | World | News https://www.byteseu.com/940880/ #Climate #CultureWar #defence #DEI #diversity #DonaldTrump #Europe #EuropeanDefence #Gender #Military #NATO #Russia #USA #Woke
Brexit betrayal as Keir Starmer gives in to ‘EU pressure’ on UK fish | Politics | News https://www.byteseu.com/940265/ #Brexit #BrexitFishing #BrexitNews #defence #Europe #EuropeanUnion #KeirStarmer
https://www.europesays.com/2011378/ Brexit betrayal as Keir Starmer gives in to ‘EU pressure’ on UK fish | Politics | News #brexit #BrexitFishing #BrexitNews #defence #europe #EuropeanUnion #KeirStarmer
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/10/microplastics-hinder-plant-photosynthesis-study-finds-threatening-millions-with-starvation and https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/04/climate-change-will-make-rice-toxic-say-researchers/ warn a lot of folks will get hungry as climate problems reduce crop yields. Hungry people start wars & rebellion. Hegseth erasing climate change from military planning makes NO sense. #ClimateChange #hunger #war #defence #defense
https://www.europesays.com/2010030/ Europe’s explosive history with the bomb #defence #europe #EuropeanUnion #history
"... The position of the Bolsheviks in regard to the problem of the territorial expansion of their dominions is not a whit different. They too acknowledge no other rule than that, in the conquest of new lands, one may and indeed must go as far as one dares, with due regard to one's resources." -- Ludwig von Mises, Liberalism
https://cdn.mises.org/Liberalism%20In%20the%20Classical%20Tradition_3.pdf
#mises #liberalism #capitalism #socialism #russia #europe #defence
Hey, EU nations, get with the program. Uniting in mutual defence is a thing that works.
Polish Defence Minister in Ādaži: NATO has never been stronger https://www.byteseu.com/933372/ #Ādaži #AndrisSprūds #defence #Europe #MilitaryBase #NATO #PolishDefenceMinister #PolishTroopsInLatvia #WładysławKosiniakKamysz
Germany shifts gears as auto slump meets defence boom.
Could Germany could solve two problems at once? Its struggling automotive sector is saddled with surplus factories and skilled labour, just as its booming defence industry is short on both.
The next move lies with policymakers.
Europe’s defence sector bets on space amid growing geopolitical threats https://www.byteseu.com/933054/ #AndriusKubilius #CommonSecurityAndDefencePolicy #defence #EuropeanSpaceAgency #Geopolitics #Space
