Nato Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Monday delivered a blunt message to European leaders: without the US, the continent cannot defend itself. Mr Rutte gets what many Nato nations seem reluctant to grasp. The transatlantic alliance is not a preference but a structural necessity. And the price of true military independence from the US is one EU nations can’t and won’t pay.
One year after its release, implementation of the so-called “Draghi Plan”– formally known as the report on European Competitiveness – is dragging.
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