Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz says Germany’s move to unlock hundreds of billions in military spending should be seen as a “first great step” toward the creation of a European defence community. The 1952 EDC included a European Army
Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz says Germany’s move to unlock hundreds of billions in military spending should be seen as…
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