Timeline for answer to How are European politicians justifying spending 5% of their GDP on defense? by o.m.
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| Jun 26, 2025 at 17:36 | comment | added | o.m. | @sfxedit, chancellor Merz said so two months ago (DW). Note how he links infrastructure and housing, always a popular theme. Opposition comes from the left and the pro-Russian parties. | |
| Jun 26, 2025 at 15:09 | comment | added | sfxedit | This doesn't fully answer the Q - how are NATO-EU politicians justifying the increase in military spending to their electorate? How are they countering the opposition criticism? (Note that it isn't just about increasing the defence budget but also about justifying the need for spending 5% of their GDP on it - the "1.5% is for infrastructure" is one clever way of doing that, but can you quote any actual politicians telling that to voters?). | |
| Jun 26, 2025 at 8:33 | comment | added | Evargalo | @Allure : here pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/07/13/7465531 or there reuters.com/world/europe/… for instance | |
| Jun 26, 2025 at 6:06 | comment | added | Allure | Russia has threatened to invade NATO and EU countries They have? Do you have a source? | |
| Jun 26, 2025 at 4:49 | history | answered | o.m. | CC BY-SA 4.0 |