European Commission Changes Name of Rearmament Plan After Criticism from Italy and Spain: “Defense is a much broader umbrella”

The European Union Is Damaged by Its Loudest Supporters

Recent pro-European demonstrations in Italy saw top liberals call for the EU to rearm. For some, it’s a passionate rallying cry — but the diversion of more funds to the military is weakening any prospect of serious European social policy.

The cracks within the government regarding the increase in investment in defence are gradually getting deeper. Last week, President Pedro Sánchez wanted to congratulate himself with his left-wing partners and said to the European Council that it was "not at all" to his liking the term "reme" to call the plan to strengthen European defensive capabilities drawn up by Brussels. Sánchez, at that summit, argued that this programme should be based on …

(EFE).- The president of the Spanish government, the socialist Pedro Sánchez, opened the door this Wednesday to create a "true" European army formed by armed forces of the 27 member states of the European Union (EU). In an appearance at the Congress to explain Spain's position in the current international context, the head of the [...] The entry Pedro Sánchez advocates to "set the foundations of a true European army" was first published in ALnav…

Pedro Sánchez insists on using the term "security" to avoid mentioning "renew" and argued years ago that the Ministry of Defence is expendable - "overwhelming" - but he asked on Wednesday to form a European Army, that is, composed of "Community armed forces" composed of the 27 countries of the European Union. The President of the Government has defended in his appearance in the Congress of Deputies the idea of making "joint purchases" in the fac…

The president guarantees that security spending will not touch "neither a cent" social spending The government approves to raise 200 euros a month the salary of the military

The president of the government, Pedro Sánchez, has announced that before the summer he will launch a National Plan for the Development of Spanish Technology and Security Industry, a program that will channel the investment to reach 2% of the gross domestic product (GDP) in Defense, although it has linked this path of spending to the financing instruments that the European Union sets in motion. The head of the executive has appeared before the C…