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submitted 8 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

Summary

European officials are preparing a multibillion-dollar defense package to bolster regional security and support Ukraine, announced by German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock at the Munich Security Conference.

The package, potentially valued up to 700 billion euros, will fund military training, arms deliveries, and security guarantees amid concerns over Russian aggression and diminishing U.S. contributions to NATO.

The move follows calls for Europe to boost its own defense spending while U.S.-Russian talks, which exclude Ukraine and Europe, on ending the Ukraine conflict continue.

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago

I think democracy is a good thing, therefore I should join the Ukrainian military?

[-] index@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago

If you think democracy is a good thing you should realize that there's none anymore and ukraine is under martial law.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Go on. Tell me about how there's nothing democratic about Switzerland or Iceland.

[-] index@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago

Switzerland is a known tax heaven that laundry money worldwide including these of russians.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Leaks

Iceland is an island with less than 300k people

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

Neither thing has anything to do with democracy. You claimed there are no more democracies. Please explain how Switzerland and Iceland are not democracies.

[-] index@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago

Flying squid you are picking up two irrelevant countries as switzerland and iceland because you know all the others to be corrupted as fuck. Democracy is being eroded worldwide in the same way: government are getting unlimited power and control over people and a bunch of rulers own all mass media.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Your words:

If you think democracy is a good thing you should realize that there’s none anymore

Either there is democracy in the world or there is not. Which is it?

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