Tag: ReArm
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13 EU countries apply to be exempt from EU deficit procedures to buy weapons: including Hungary
13 EU countries have so far applied the activation of the national emergency clause to exempt their defence spending from EU deficit rules. The countries which applied for the clause are Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia and Slovenia. France has not yet applied to activate the clause yet,…
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Secretary-General of the General Workers Union comes out against ReArm Europe programme
The Secretary-General of the General Workers Union Josef has come out against Europe’s ReArm Europe Programme in an an article that was published in MaltaToday. MaltaToday is a government-funded newspaper. The General Workers Union is Malta’s largest trade union and claims to have up to 46,000 members but the actual figures of active and paying…
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Alex Agius Saliba explains his position on yesterday’s votes
Yesterday, the Labour Party’s MEPs voted against the ReArm programme in the European Parliament. In my writings, I also accused Alex Agius Saliba of favouring Russia’s foreign policy and being aligned with the far-right. This was his response that he sent me. “I voted against the ReArm programme not because I am pro-Russia, but because…
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European Parliament overhwlemingly supports ReArm Europe programme: condemns US for blackmailing Ukraine
Yesterday, the European Parliament in Strasbourg voted overwhelmingly in favour of the ReArm programme with 419 votes in favour, 204 against and 46 abstentions. The Parliament’s resolution stated that Europe is currently facing its biggest military threat to its territorial integrity since the Cold War. The European Parliament has urged the EU institutions to move…
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Playing stupid partisan games with serious things (and our lives)
Prime Minister Robert Abela is currently on ONE delivering a very abrasive and nonsensical partisan speech about defence whilst attacking the Nationalist Party and the European Parliament President Roberta Metsola. This is not the first time that the Prime Minister is abusing of matters concerning defence and the national interest in a partisan manner. You…
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EU Member States unanimously approve Europe’s ReArm Programme
Yesterday, at the European Council meeting, European Union member states unanimously approved the Commission’s proposed ReArm programme with the exception of Hungary, which did not approve the final text. The Commissioner President Ursula von der Leyen said these are exceptional measures in exceptional times while Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that Europe needs to…
