Clash between France and Germany threatens to delay crucial EU defense plan

While the threat of reduced American involvement is hanging over Europe and the geopolitical tensions are increasing, the EU faces a crucial choice: how do we strengthen our defense industry? A newly proposed fund of 150 billion euros has to take the European military capacity to a higher level, but a fundamental disagreement between France and Germany threatens to delay the plans, reports the ‘Financial Times’. Does this money have to go exclusively to European companies, as Paris demands, or can strategic partners outside the EU participate, as Berlin advocates?

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