Despite the pressure of the twenty-seven, Ursula von der Leyen does not intend, in the short term, to make new proposals to help them invest more in their defense. The President of the Commission considers that the plan at 800 billion euros – rearm Europe -, which she presented on March 4 to accompany their war effort, is “Historical”,, And that the first urgency is to transform it into a legislative proposal within ten days, and to give it a body.
“It can constitute the foundation of a defense Europe”she insisted, at a press conference on Sunday, March 9 in Brussels on Sunday, when the war continues in Ukraine, that Russia represents a danger to the Old Continent and the United States threatens to no longer ensure the security of Europeans. In reality, nothing guarantees at this stage that the commission’s plan will release the 800 billion euros in investment announced.
The Community Executive offers today to the Member States that their defense expenses benefit from preferential budgetary treatment. This would offer them a certain flexibility compared to the stability pact under which the public deficit cannot exceed 3 % of the gross domestic product when the debt must remain contained within 60 % of the national wealth.
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