Europe preps huge defense package in boost to Ukraine: "Never been seen"
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Summary
European officials are preparing a multibillion-dollar defense package to bolster regional security and support Ukraine, announced by German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock at the Munich Security Conference.
The package, potentially valued up to 700 billion euros, will fund military training, arms deliveries, and security guarantees amid concerns over Russian aggression and diminishing U.S. contributions to NATO.
The move follows calls for Europe to boost its own defense spending while U.S.-Russian talks, which exclude Ukraine and Europe, on ending the Ukraine conflict continue.
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It's a bit premature to announce this, but yes VonderLeyen has announced the preparation of a defense package of approx. 800 B via this legal fiscal venue. Together with the EU Competitiveness Compass plan at around a minimum of 750 B, they will likely be aimed to reinforce each other. In addition, other parallel plans are being prepared, pending current developments.
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Thank you, Europe. God, let this be what Ukraine needs.
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Don't sigh before the papers are signed, but...
...while they may get stuck for a while passing a measure of this volume (or someone will need to lure Orban out of the room while others push buttons) - the volume is doable.
For comparison, the NextGenerationEU budget allocation (spent in a dozen ways) to help countries recover from COVID damage) was worth 2 trillion euros, and it was possible to pass.
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lol whyyy Ukraine's cooked why are we shoving more public funds up the US' ass?
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Pretty sure US weapons sales in EU countriea are coming to a predictable end...
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Oh, the sweet symphony of another "aid package" headline from propaganda outlets. Let me guess—heroic Europe rides in to save the day with a number so comically large it’s practically abstract. Seven hundred billion? Might as well add a few more zeros while we’re at it. Theatrics for the spreadsheet gods.
But where does this money even come from? The same crumbling healthcare systems and underpaid teachers? The same austerity playbook that grinds workers into dust? No—magic numbers materialize when oligarchs need new markets for their defense portfolios.
Democracy’s a rigged roulette wheel. Capital’s only loyalty is to its own expansion. This isn’t solidarity—it’s a fire sale. Future generations indentured for geopolitical chess moves masked as benevolence. The war machine’s supply chain demands fresh meat, and we’re all just fuel for the furnace.
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ironic that you can be so anti-capitalist that you turn fascist like this.
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found another fascist.
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That dude posts so much so frequently, it's extremely fishy
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That dude posts so much so frequently, it's extremely fishy.
Totally, and always the same long not engaging statements. I'd even prefer random adverts at this point, which I normally block.
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The reality that Ukraine is cooked for the next several decades by any sensible metric is independent of any ideology, it's just fact. It's over, it's done, Russia will get what they want and the US will get a neocolony, aka what they want.
The only thing I don't get is why we still finance lockheed martin? jk I think I have an idea for why UVDL is still hellbent on getting as much as possible out of public coffers and into the hands of foreign private investors.
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all the more baffling why we would buy more so close to the end, no?
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Imagine spending 700 billions in useful things and not to fight a proxy war against russia.
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Anyone downvoting should pack his bags and join the front because ukraine is running out of men
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Oh, the irony. You’re here, cheerleading for conscription from the comfort of your keyboard, while accusing others of armchair opinions. If Ukraine’s running out of men, maybe it’s time to question why this proxy war keeps demanding human sacrifices instead of solutions.
Blind allegiance to this endless cycle of funding and fighting doesn’t make you noble—it makes you complicit. Pack your own bags if you’re so invested, but don’t expect others to march for a game they didn’t sign up to play.
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Don't forget to save some for the war against America.
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Lemmy feels increasingly filled with AI bots pushing pro-Russian anti EU narratives.
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Production isn't were it's supposed to be because there hasn't yet been enough time to build more production capacity hardware (factories, specialist workers, logistical systems etc...). It's unfortunate right now, the US has already all that.
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we're pinched for energy and dependent on the US for it unless we diversify our imports (russia) or produce our own (nuclear). Particularly for the production of steel.
Whats even harder to fix is the brain-drain with most academics leaving for US or China where the major research is happening
