4 days later and ATACMs, Storm Shadows, RS-26's and Yemeni mercenaries have entered the battle. What else is to come until the 20th of January when Trump takes office?

Commission could have decided to put this at the top of the agenda by publishing the financing options paper that EUCO asked for multiple times already (first time last March). Instead a 'White Paper on the Future of European Defence' will only be published a year later. Missed opportunity?