European Parliament calls for an operational EU mutual #defence clause https://www.euractiv.com/news/european-parliament-calls-for-an-operational-eu-mutual-defence-clause/?utm_source=eac&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=%40euractiv_politics%40eupolicy.social
European Parliament calls for an operational EU mutual #defence clause https://www.euractiv.com/news/european-parliament-calls-for-an-operational-eu-mutual-defence-clause/?utm_source=eac&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=%40euractiv_politics%40eupolicy.social
"The first duty of a government is to keep its people safe. And in today’s unpredictable world, that won’t be achieved by clinging to outdated ideas about security, or cowering at Trump’s feet in the hopes that he will protect us"
Green Party leader Zack Polanski writes in the New Statesman
#Trump #Greenland #UKPolitics #Security #Defence
Trump's threat to Greenland must be a wake up call for Britain - New Statesman
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2026/01/trumps-threat-to-greenland-must-be-a-wake-up-call-for-britain
"The first duty of a government is to keep its people safe. And in today’s unpredictable world, that won’t be achieved by clinging to outdated ideas about security, or cowering at Trump’s feet in the hopes that he will protect us"
Green Party leader Zack Polanski writes in the New Statesman
#Trump #Greenland #UKPolitics #Security #Defence
Trump's threat to Greenland must be a wake up call for Britain - New Statesman
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2026/01/trumps-threat-to-greenland-must-be-a-wake-up-call-for-britain
Palantir lands biggest ever UK defense deal
—> Yes, let’s give open Nazis control over “critical strategic, tactical and live operational decision making across classifications”
https://www.politico.eu/article/palantir-lands-biggest-ever-uk-defense-deal/
#UK #UKPol #Starmer #Palantir #Infosec #Defence #Geopolitics #Fascism
Like NZ, the Eurozone has been cosplaying at defence since WW2;
Buying US cast-offs that aren't strategically useful in their context, and relying on the US as world police, so never expecting to have to actually use the junk in a live defence situation.
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A very good issue of the European Correspondent this morning, nice and clear overview of the new European #defence roadmap, #Readiness2030 , plus where is Western Europe actually? Visualised in a trademark beautiful graphic. Also, problems in Georgia, and maybe some hope from Cyprus.
https://elaine.mayoris.com/go/qx33kj8tcubzccki3dw0q1jjjhxmf8mj4jxck0s8w6mb/2866
A very good issue of the European Correspondent this morning, nice and clear overview of the new European #defence roadmap, #Readiness2030 , plus where is Western Europe actually? Visualised in a trademark beautiful graphic. Also, problems in Georgia, and maybe some hope from Cyprus.
https://elaine.mayoris.com/go/qx33kj8tcubzccki3dw0q1jjjhxmf8mj4jxck0s8w6mb/2866
"From Kyiv to the Suwałki Gap, bogs return as Europe’s defensive shield"
"Some European governments are now wondering if reviving ailing bogs can solve several problems at once. Finland and Poland told POLITICO they were actively exploring bog restoration as a multipurpose measure to defend their borders and fight climate change."
https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-defense-kyiv-ukraine-nato-eu-bogs-poland-war-germany/
