Why Brussels’ €150bn defence pot is a test case for the EU’s arms strategy
Today, I explain the battle over how to spend the EU’s new €150bn defence fund, and ask whether medicines are Europe’s next foreign dependency set to be exploited. Ursula von der Leyen has nine days ...
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