Posted on May 08, 2025 at 20:21. / Modified on May 08, 2025 at 20:23.
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French President Emmanuel Macron, and the new German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, announced on Wednesday the creation of a Franco-German defense and security council. A decision that is part of the context of recovery in European defense capacities. Last year, military spending in Europe (including Russia) increased by 17% to 693 billion dollars (571 billion francs). But in this effort, Switzerland is relatively isolated.
In early March, the National Council adopted a statement asking the Federal Council increased cooperation with the European Union in matters of defense in the face of American disengagement. This question of the Place de la Confederation was a part of the points discussed on Thursday during the annual safety agreement of the Romand Group for Defense and Security Materials (GRPM), a scam bringing together a seventy businesses. Several European countries, including Germany and the Netherlands, have decided to no longer order in Switzerland, saying that the country was not a reliable partner. In question: the federal law on war material which imposes on the purchase states a declaration of non-timeport.
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