“Less drastic shifts, such as stationing French nuclear-armed aircraft in Germany or other European allies who would express their interest, might not directly challenge the nonproliferation regime but would likely feed criticisms, particularly amongst nonnuclear weapon States in the Global South”

The #EUCO conclusions on defence were adopted with all 27.

Here are the defence conclusions: www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...

Genau das! Europa hat wirtschaftliche und technologische Hebel, nutzt sie aber nicht konsequent. Ein zentralisiertes 🇪🇺 mit klarer außenpolitischer Führung könnte viel selbstbewusster auftrete, besonderes gegenüber den USA. Stattdessen bleibt es oft zersplittert und schwach in Verhandlungen.

„The president is similarly considering a policy change in which the U.S. may choose to prioritize military exercises with NATO members that are spending the set percentage of their GDPs on defense,“