"EU Launches Effort to Boost European Defense Industry and Reduce Reliance on US Weapons"
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Europe is taking steps to reduce its reliance on US weapons by planning to create a defense-industrial complex, while facing internal tensions as Germany accuses France of not doing enough to aid Ukraine. Additionally, Russia has warned NATO of certain war if Western troops are put into Ukraine, prompting allied leaders to distance themselves from French President Emmanuel Macron's suggestion of sending boots on the ground to help Kyiv.
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- Hungary will oppose Mark Rutte’s Nato candidacy, foreign minister says – Europe live The Guardian
- EU Proposes Initial €1.5 Billion to Galvanize Defense Sector Bloomberg
- EU states wary of funding Brussels defence 'power grab' Financial Times
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