“If a war breaks out here, we will have to throw stones after a few hours due to a shortage of ammunition.” Former general Marc Thys did not mince his words in ‘The Agreement’. He advocates a European war economy. What does that mean in concrete terms? Should Europe invest massively in weapons? And if more money goes to defense, will we feel it in the rest of the economy? We asked the general himself and professor Sven Biscop (UGent). “You simply produce face masks faster than weapons of war.”
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Former general: “If war breaks out here, we will have to throw stones after a few hours.” Does Europe need an extensive war economy?
