{"id":105615,"date":"2025-03-12T20:27:23","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T20:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/is-europe-able-to-rearm-itself-and-defend-itself-without-the-united-states\/"},"modified":"2025-03-12T20:27:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T20:27:24","slug":"is-europe-able-to-rearm-itself-and-defend-itself-without-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/is-europe-able-to-rearm-itself-and-defend-itself-without-the-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Europe able to rearm itself and defend itself without the United States?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"article__media\"> <picture class=\"article__media\"><source srcset=\" https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/12\/0\/0\/5392\/3592\/556\/0\/75\/0\/8403f42_ftp-import-images-1-9mm70ixhf71s-2025-03-12t074507z-376908685-rc2y06abig7x-rtrmadp-3-rheinmetall-results.JPG 556w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/12\/0\/0\/5392\/3592\/600\/0\/75\/0\/8403f42_ftp-import-images-1-9mm70ixhf71s-2025-03-12t074507z-376908685-rc2y06abig7x-rtrmadp-3-rheinmetall-results.JPG 600w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/12\/0\/0\/5392\/3592\/664\/0\/75\/0\/8403f42_ftp-import-images-1-9mm70ixhf71s-2025-03-12t074507z-376908685-rc2y06abig7x-rtrmadp-3-rheinmetall-results.JPG 664w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/12\/0\/0\/5392\/3592\/700\/0\/75\/0\/8403f42_ftp-import-images-1-9mm70ixhf71s-2025-03-12t074507z-376908685-rc2y06abig7x-rtrmadp-3-rheinmetall-results.JPG 700w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/12\/0\/0\/5392\/3592\/800\/0\/75\/0\/8403f42_ftp-import-images-1-9mm70ixhf71s-2025-03-12t074507z-376908685-rc2y06abig7x-rtrmadp-3-rheinmetall-results.JPG 800w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 556px, 100vw\" alt=\"Une future ligne de production de Rheinmetall photographi\u00e9e en f\u00e9vrier 2024\u00a0\u00e0 Unterluess, Allemagne, lors d\u2019une visite du chancelier Olaf Scholz et du ministre de la d\u00e9fense Boris Pistorius.\" width=\"664\" height=\"443\"><\/source><\/picture> <noscript> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/12\/0\/0\/5392\/3592\/664\/0\/75\/0\/8403f42_ftp-import-images-1-9mm70ixhf71s-2025-03-12t074507z-376908685-rc2y06abig7x-rtrmadp-3-rheinmetall-results.JPG\" alt=\"A future rheinmetall production line photographed in February 2024 in Unterluess, Germany, during a visit to Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius.\"\/> <\/noscript><figcaption class=\"article__legend\" aria-hidden=\"true\">A future rheinmetall production line photographed in February 2024 in Unterluess, Germany, during a visit to Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius.  <span class=\"article__credit\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Fabian Bimmer \/ Reuters<\/span>  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \">Can Europe ensure its autonomy in defense? The question arises acutely after the Trump administration&#8217;s attacks and pressures on European democracies, when the conflict in Ukraine launched by Vladimir Putin enters his fourth year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \">The subject turns out to be thorny because, almost thirty-five years after the end of the Cold War, military spending of the vast majority of states of the Old Continent have dropped sharply. 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plan, recently presented by the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, as well as the Special Modernization Fund for the Bundeswehr in Germany or the 2024-2030 military programming law in France, testify to the will of European leaders to reinvest strategic questions<strong> <\/strong>from Washington. But beyond funding, rearming the continent is also an unprecedented industrial and technological challenge for European economies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"reading-mode-only \"><strong>You have 87.99% of this article to read. The rest is reserved for subscribers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\">Tm-En-1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A future rheinmetall production line photographed in February 2024 in Unterluess, Germany, during a visit to Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius. Fabian Bimmer \/ Reuters Can Europe ensure its autonomy in defense? 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