The targeted 2% that the EU is spending on defense is about EU441 billion, which is roughly 1/7 the size or the total Russian economy.
And if the shit hits the fan, the EU has massive headroom to increase that spending. Russia is already nearly maxed out in productive capacity and spending, even without considering its ability to keep bringing in more young men as drone fodder.
That said, EU governments’ intelligence agencies should be working full-time to remove quislings like Orban and Fico. We’re rapidly reaching the point where fifth columnists should be correctly identified as enemy combatants and not part of normal political discourse.
The targeted 2% that the EU is spending on defense is about EU441 billion, which is roughly 1/7 the size or the total Russian economy.
And if the shit hits the fan, the EU has massive headroom to increase that spending. Russia is already nearly maxed out in productive capacity and spending, even without considering its ability to keep bringing in more young men as drone fodder.
That said, EU governments’ intelligence agencies should be working full-time to remove quislings like Orban and Fico. We’re rapidly reaching the point where fifth columnists should be correctly identified as enemy combatants and not part of normal political discourse.