US EditionEurope’s Biggest Port Readies for Potential War with Russia
DENMARK, JUL 7 – Danish Economy Minister Stephanie Lose warns rapid EU defense budget increases risk unsustainable debt and economic stability amid NATO's push for 5% GDP military spending targets.
- The Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands is reserving space to handle military cargo ships several times yearly amid rising tensions with Russia.
- This preparation follows NATO's recent pledge to raise defense spending to 5% of GDP and growing concerns after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
- EU countries plan an €800bn rearmament effort and coordinate stockpiling critical supplies, including raw materials, to reduce dependency and improve military readiness.
- Boudewijn Siemons said ships will dock four or five times a year, and he urged stockpiling materials like copper and lithium similar to oil reserves.
- These efforts imply heightened European self-sufficiency in defense but require disciplined spending and infrastructure upgrades to ensure sustained readiness and capability.
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The Port of Rotterdam is preparing for a war between NATO and Russia, says Boudewijn Siemons, director of the Port Authority…
At the port of Rotterdam, they began to reserve seats for NATO supply ships and to plan military exercises, reports the Financial Times.
It is quick to say 5%. Moving from promises to facts, it is another pair of sleeves, not only for Italy. The commitment agreed at the NATO level by European countries to significantly raise expenditure on arms and armies has been assumed superficially and without making too many accounts. Moreover, for the heads of government promise something that, most likely, will then have to realize someone else, assuming that he will decide to do so, is no…
The fight to revive Europe’s militaries is just beginning - Hawaii Tribune-Herald
The pledge by NATO members to spend 3.5% of gross domestic product on military capabilities and 1.5% on defense infrastructure is the alliance’s boldest commitment in decades. It concedes a basic truth: Russia’s war in Ukraine has exposed critical shortfalls in Europe’s defenses at a time when U.S. support has become less certain. The challenge now is to translate that ambitious target into deployable firepower fast enough to meet the threat.
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