Von der Leyen’s ?800 billion plan to rearm Europe has hit it

Von der Leyen’s €800 billion plan to rearm Europe has hit its first wall: France, Italy, and Spain refuse to sign. And they’re right. In a Europe already battered by economic and social crises, spending Cold War-level sums on an arms race is sheer madness. Germany wants to turn…

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