British Air Force General Sir Stuart Peach was very clear: "Our resilience is tested." For this high-ranking military member who chairs the Atlantic Alliance military committee, "the covid-19 epidemic has changed the" system "and will have long-term consequences for all of us, including the Nato, " he said at the opening of a meeting on Thursday of this prominent body. It brings together the chiefs of staff of the thirty member countries. If the health crisis is not one of NATO's priority missions, the epidemic has put it to the test. Likewise, it challenged Europe in its infancy.
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The epidemic constitutes "the second major shock" for defense in Europe in ten years, underline in particular the researchers of the Berlin institute DGAP in a note published in April. The 2008 financial crisis had already cost the sector dearly, with military spending falling by 24 billion euros (11%). Beyond
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