War still rages in Ukraine. The prospect of another Donald Trump presidency in America has sharpened the possibility that Europeans will have to take more responsibility for their own security.

Axar.az, this information was reported by the Financial Times, citing sources.

It is unimaginable that Europe could develop a defense industrial base capable of underpinning enhanced military capabilities without UK participation. Yet, in the name of “strategic autonomy” or “European sovereignty”, the European Defence Fund — created to promote joint development of military capabilities — is in effect foreclosed to states outside the single market.

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