Tag: defence spending
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NATO Summit in Brussels ends with a sour taste and uncertaintity over the alliance
A NATO summit was held this week in Brussels, bringing together the foreign ministers of member states, including US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and EU High Representative Kaja Kallas. The US State Secretary reiterated that the US is committed to stay in NATO but urged all other members to raise defence spending to 5%.…
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Prime Minister Robert Abela comes out against European defence spending and accuses Roberta Metsola of being a warmonger
It has been more than forty years since Malta’s main political parties disagreed on fundamental issues of national security. Never in our history has a political party used national security issues as cheap, popular, and deceiving talking points for electoral ends. Yesterday, at Bormla’s Realto, Robert Abela came out strongly against European defence spending and…
