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Just an autonomous #EUDefence w/ 🇪🇺 weapons systems (Eurofighter, FCAS) will secure 🇩🇰 from losing Greenland, reassure 🇬🇷&🇪🇸 about its territorial threats, Northern&Eastern MS about 🇷🇺.
🇪🇺 will be shielded from military threats & become a 🌍player with a say in security issues.
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Denmark’s first #F35 recently headed to final assembly in our Fort Worth, Texas F-35 production facility, where its control surfaces will be added, along with final systems and engine installation.
Delivery of @forsvaretdk’s first F-35 is expected early 2021.
The Council has agreed its mandate for negotiations with @Europarl_EN on the military mobility regulation.
The aim is to enhance the ability of EU member states to move their armed forces seamlessly, at speed and at scale across and beyond the EU.
More: https://t.co/RlOw8Vgucv
Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te:
We will continue to maintain close contact with the US government, and we hope that arms purchases can be approved as soon as possible.
For Taiwan, arms purchases from the United States are not just about the acquisition of weapons, but also about conveying an important strategic message: that Taiwan is willing to safeguard its own national security...
این یک سند تاریخی و پیامی از ایران مقتدر است: صلح در سایه احترام متقابل تحقق خواهد یافت.
جمهوری اسلامی ایران به صلح جهانی با حفظ عزت و استقلال، پیشرفت و همکاری منطقهای همواره متعهد و پایبند است.
.@SECWAR “We were clear—publicly and privately—WE ARE NOT GOING TO ALLOW FREE LOADING ANYMORE...
Our NATO dues are contingent upon other countries stepping up—THIS IS NOT A ONE WAY STREET. This isn't a new message from President Trump or from me.”
NATO Defence Ministers are assessing today the progress Allies are making in increasing investments to meet their agreed capability targets.
Learn more about defence expenditure and NATO’s 5% commitment → https://t.co/kadd6Beyif
#DefMin
I thought that AI was dominated by 🇺🇲 giants, and that 🇪🇺 sovereignty was threatened by those US firms (@PalantirTech@Google@xai@OpenAI@AWS@nvidia ...)
We 🇪🇺 are again blaming our only way our from 🇺🇲 dependency: #China#BRICS
Europe must prioritize AI over its immediate climate ambitions or risk surrendering its tech sovereignty to China, the president of the European Data Centre Association has said.
https://t.co/L1IXRrDx3C
President Trump is planning on asking US defense companies to produce weapons under license in Europe and Ukraine, according to officials familiar with the discussions https://t.co/SMzbDjTVjT
While Chinese universities struggled to break into the top 10 given they remain less international than western counterparts, they are improving rapidly, according to the QS World University Rankings. https://t.co/ZDvR1nGel9
BREAKING: Sweden is urging more EU countries to board and inspect ships suspected of being part of Russia's shadow fleet arguing that support for Ukraine must be backed by action, not just words.
In a letter to EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard and Civil Defence Minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin called on EU governments to take a tougher approach toward vessels which help Moscow circumvent Western sanctions.
"We urge other EU countries to live up to the beautiful words delivered in meetings and interviews about standing up for Ukraine. They must also do so in action," Stenergard said.
Asked whether other countries should begin boarding such vessels, she replied: "Start boarding in accordance with international law."
Swedish authorities have boarded five suspected shadow fleet vessels since March. According to Stockholm, the operations have already had an impact, with some ships reportedly altering routes to avoid Swedish territorial waters.
However, Sweden says rerouting alone is not enough and wants other European countries to inspect and take action against vessels that pass through their waters.
When asked whether Sweden had received any response from its European partners, she said:
"Not much response yet, but I hope that even if they don't say it publicly, they take note of this. It is actually a criticism of not doing enough, and I hope they start considering whether they should contribute to a greater extent themselves."
As of yesterday, Russian pipeline gas under existing short-term contracts is no longer allowed into the EU.
One step at a time, we are phasing out all remaining imports of Russian gas from our system.
The goal is clear: getting to zero.
#REPowerEU
I am proud to be the first Democrat to take this pledge to reject money from AIPAC and affiliated groups, recognize the genocide in Gaza, and oppose aid to Israel and military sales that kill civilians.
🇹🇷🇪🇸 Türkiye and Spain signed cooperation agreements at Eurosatory 2026 aimed at strengthening ties between the two countries’ defense and aerospace industries
▪️ The agreements support efforts to expand market share, enhance technology transfer and develop joint production capabilities https://t.co/q4wB5JzjU4
.@SECWAR "NATO 3.0 is a post-Cold War recognition that it needs to go back to being a REAL, HARD-LINE MILITARY ALLIANCE that has REAL MILITARY CAPABILITIES—capable of deterring right here on the continent."
.@SECWAR “As the Trump administration has said again and again in the last year and a half—our allies MUST STEP UP...
For too long, NATO has been a paper tiger and a one-way street—NO MORE.”
.@SECWAR “Europe was NOT supposed to be a dependency of the United States...
Europe was supposed to be a military power allied with a STRONG AMERICA—this is the essence of NATO 1.0.”
.@SECWAR “NATO 2.0 drifted toward out-of-area operations and things that had nothing to do with war fighting at all.
Instead of tanks, fighters, and air defenses, the focus has been on gender equity, climate change, and defense austerity.
Europe’s borders flew WIDE OPEN—WELFARE STATES EXPANDED."
.@SECWAR “Some of our allies have gotten the message and stepped up...
Last year, under President Trump’s leadership, NATO set a new global standard for defense spending—5% of GDP all in on defense—it’s historic and it's transformational...
As you’ve seen over the last six months, President Trump is also committed to the U.S. defense spending—more than one trillion dollars in 2026 and a commitment of 1.5 trillion in 2027.”
.@SECWAR “As President Trump put it, he gave our allies a test—to support America when we asked for their help—and too many failed it.
The United States has defended Europe for GENERATIONS, and all the President said was that our jets need to take off from bases in Europe or our ships from ports to strike targets in the Middle East...
Too many of our allies said no or tried to drown us in arcane legal debates, or criticized us publicly for doing what they aren’t prepared or able to do themselves—IT WAS SHAMEFUL."