French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday 10 March that the European Union would “probably” have to commit to new joint spending to assert its sovereignty in defence, energy and food, spending which would complement national and private public investment (see EUROPE B12907A2).
According to Mr Macron, the war in Ukraine obliges us to “redefine the architecture [of]Europe”, and to take strategic decisions today that will later be translated into operational decisions. He...