Military spending, Italy shakes up: Spain also accelerates and aims for 2% - brigadefolgore.net

Military spending, Italy shakes up: Spain also accelerates to 2%

Italy has given the go-ahead, and the allies are beginning to follow. After Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti's announcement on increasing defence spending to 2% of GDP, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, at the end of the Council of Ministers, announced the approval of the Industrial and Technological Plan for Security and Defence. A [...]

Trump-Meloni: the axis that displaces Europe - brigadefolgore.net

Trump-Meloni: the axis that displaces Europe

ROME - While the European Union is struggling to speak with one voice, something unexpected is happening: Italy is finding itself at the centre of the geopolitical game, with Giorgia Meloni who, willingly or unwillingly, is assuming an increasingly central role in the balance between the United States, NATO and Europe. Proof of this was the very high-profile meeting [...]

For the first time, Hegseth will not attend the multinational meeting on support for Ukraine - brigadefolgore.net

Ukraine, first Contact Group summit without the US

For the first time since the creation of the Contact Group for the Defence of Ukraine, the US will not participate in the 50-country meeting scheduled for 11 April in Brussels. The absence of US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth marks a significant change in the leadership of the coalition, which until now has played a central role in coordinating [...].

Finland withdraws from global landmine ban treaty in a gesture of openness towards Russia - brigadefolgore.net

Finland withdraws from the Global Landmine Ban Treaty

Finland, which shares the longest border within NATO with Russia, will withdraw from the Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel mines, according to President Alexander Stubb. The decision comes shortly after Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Poland said they were considering withdrawing from the treaty, which [...]

Leaked chat: US allies on alert - brigadefolgore.net

Leaked chat: US allies on alert

The group chat between senior US officials regarding a planned attack in Yemen, in which a journalist was accidentally included, was judged by US allies to be a serious security breach. The incident raised serious concerns about the sharing of intelligence information with Washington and the security of operations [...].

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