Jacopo Barigazzi
Senior Defense Correspondent at POLITICO Europe
Senior defense correspondent, POLITICO.
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2 weeks ago |
politico.eu | Jacopo Barigazzi
European NATO allies should have a "clear roadmap" spelling out how any U.S. pullout from the continent would work, Finnish Defense Minister Antti Häkkänen told POLITICO. “We need to have some sort of joint plan with Americans about a roadmap if the Americans are shifting the balance in the Pacific area in conventional defense capabilities," he said in a phone interview following an informal meeting of EU defense ministers in Warsaw.
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2 weeks ago |
politico.eu | Antoaneta Roussi |Jacopo Barigazzi
BRUSSELS — NATO is still alive following this week's meeting of foreign ministers, but despite protestations that the alliance is in fine health, there were signs of trouble in Brussels. NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte insisted Friday that "we are united in our commitment to each other in this alliance," and that the "transatlantic relationship remains the cornerstone of European security and of global stability."“I know there has been some tough language.
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2 weeks ago |
flipboard.com | Gregorio Sorgi |Jacopo Barigazzi
2 hours ago'A minor charge', 'not democracy': JD Vance weighs in on Marine Le Pen convictionUS Vice President JD Vance said in an interview on Thursday that French far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s conviction for embezzling €4.6 million in public funds was a “minor charge”. The decision to bar Le Pen from running for public office for years as a result was “not democracy”, Vance said.
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2 weeks ago |
politico.eu | Gregorio Sorgi |Jacopo Barigazzi
BRUSSELS — At least a third of EU countries support a German-led plan to allow the U.K. and Canada to take part in a scheme for common purchases of weapons. EU ambassadors on Thursday discussed a plan to offer countries €150 billion in cheap loans to spend on defense, but the Berlin-led effort to include the non-EU countries ran into opposition from France, which rejected London’s participation.
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3 weeks ago |
politico.eu | Nicholas Vinocur |Jacopo Barigazzi |Laura Kayali |Antoaneta Roussi
BRUSSELS — When United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio joins European allies in Brussels on Thursday, both sides will do their best to smile for the cameras and promise that all is well in NATO. On the surface all seems normal: The agenda calls for a discussion on defense budgets (long a cause of American gripes) and aid for Ukraine. Behind the scenes, though, a storm is brewing.
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The different value of money: "in 2024, the US dropped to third place in NATO military spending as a share of national GDP, after Estonia and Poland" but "unlike the US, this does not buy these countries superpower status; it just reflects a cost" https://t.co/wD3yI51G9G
Europe needs a roadmap from US on any troop pullout to avoid any temptation in Moscow, told me the Finnish defense minister who said that U.S plans should coordinate with EU initiatives to boost the bloc's defense capacity by 2030 https://t.co/cQkUTnPDmn
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