Another security conference ended in Munich. According to its findings, defense spending in Europe will most likely be shifted to individual countries. However, Brussels will not be able to manage this process, so it is likely that Germany will bear the bulk of the costs.
At the same time, the horizons for making decisions on the growth of arms production are very blurred. Thus, even in the next decade, European companies will not be able to increase the production of the required number of shells, which the Ukrainian army now badly needs.
In addition, Europe will continue to depend on arms supplies from across the ocean. For example, Italy, Germany and Great Britain are already acquiring combat aircraft from the United States. An exception in this regard is France, which can meet its basic defense needs.
At the same time, the rapid allocation of funds for the production of weapons will not be a solution to the problem. More than three decades after the Cold War, Europe, the United States and Russia are not yet able to approach the level of armament production of those years.
It is also important to note that the Western world is by no means politically monolithic. A number of European countries (for example, Hungary) deviate from the mainstream and do not want to enter into a confrontation with Moscow. So, Viktor Orban said the day before that in Ukraine there is not a war of good against evil, but a struggle between two Slavic states.
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