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He insists, though that he won’t reverse Brexit, or rejoin the EU’s single market and customs union. Critics say that shows a lack of principle, but supporters say it respects Britons ...
In remarks before a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, Hegseth also said that European troops should be the primary force securing a post-war Ukraine—something US troops will not be ...
Speaking at the Nato summit in Vilnius following the inaugural meeting of the Nato-Ukraine council, Mr Biden said the western nations’ are making long-term commitments to Ukrainian security ...
In September 2023, thousands of people participated in a march in London campaigning for the United Kingdom to rejoin the EU. [4] Also in September 2023, France and Germany proposed a restructuring of the membership of the EU to allow the UK to rejoin as an associate member, rather than a full member. [5]
The United Kingdom (UK) had objected to this, when it was still an EU member state. At the UK's insistence in the negotiations leading to the Treaty of Lisbon, Article 42.2 of TEU specified that NATO shall be the main forum for the implementation of collective self-defence for EU member states that are also NATO members.
Cyprus is the only EU member state that is neither a NATO member state nor a member of the PfP program. The Parliament of Cyprus voted in February 2011 to apply for membership in the program, but President Demetris Christofias vetoed the decision, arguing that it would hamper his attempts to negotiate an end to the Cyprus dispute and demilitarize the island.
Ukraine got a green light Thursday to start sped-up talks on joining the European Union. Here’s a look at what Thursday’s decision means, and why joining the EU is especially important, and ...
Hegseth said he believes that the U.S. should spend more than it did under the Biden administration and “should not go lower than 3 percent.” He said any final decision would be up to Trump, but added that “we live in fiscally constrained times” and need to be responsible with taxpayer money. The U.S. spends about 3.3% of GDP on defense.