How will Europe pay for its new weapons?

ReArm Europe? EU re-thinks name after objections

The EU may be scrambling to boost its defences in the face of Russia and unpredictable US President Donald Trump -- but low-spending Spain and Italy insist Brussels avoids saying "rearm".

Brussels rebrands 'Rearm Europe' after backlash from Italy and Spain

The new term, "Readiness 2030," is a direct response to the complaints voiced by Giorgia Meloni and Pedro Sánchez in recent days.

For the European Union, words matter, but that does not mean that it is no longer clear with the citizens. The plan for the future of the defence of the EU is called Rearmar Europe, but Spain and Italy do not like that concept because they say that it is little "wide" for everything that the security of the bloc implies. Pressure seems absurd, because the reality is that the Union has to focus, at least in the short term, on buying military mate…

The European defence project is accelerating, thanks to the repeated threats of Donald Trump, who is the Europeans to ensure their own security. Where are the discussions within the EU? Is Europe capable of defending itself without the Americans? And how can we finance the rearmament of the continent? In this podcast, Philippe Jacqué, correspondent of the "World" in Brussels, explains to us.

How will Europe pay for its new weapons?

Will remilitarisation encourage Europe’s first pooled debt?

The clouds come and go. They are mobile, they are light; they can take on various shapes and are in the air. A bit like the abstentions on von der Leyen's 'Rearm Europe' plan, voted by the European Parliament with a large majority. These political positions say that we need a European army, not to arm the countries of the Union more. But it just so happens that there is no EU law that contemplates a European army. And decisions aren't made with …