The war in Ukraine acts like an earthquake: it shifts the plate tectonics of Europe's security architecture.
Declared
“brain dead”
by Emmanuel Macron in November 2019, NATO emerges stronger than ever with the accession of Finland and Sweden.
It would be absurd to deplore it.
More than 70% of the military aid brought to kyiv is of American origin.
The European armaments industry would be hard pressed to replace it.
When General de Gaulle had chosen to leave the integrated command - and not the treaty - France devoted nearly 4% of its GDP to defence.
Today, it is not even 2%.
We have the policy of our means… Without NATO, the Russian tanks would probably soak their tracks in the Bug on the borders of Poland.
For its part, stripped of its pacifist illusions, Germany launched in May a rearmament fund of 100 billion euros.
We had to wait until August 29, at the university…
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