European rearmament is a how-to-spend-it problem
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🗓️ 19 February 2026
⏱️ 20 minutes
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| 0:23.9 | Every February, the Munich Security Conference becomes the hot ticket for policymakers, |
| 0:30.5 | bankers and politicians. |
| 0:32.6 | This year, attendees, which also included the usual pack of defense geeks and drone enthusiasts, |
| 0:38.3 | discussed how Europe will fund its rearmament. |
| 0:42.3 | You might all remember last year, US Vice President J.D. Vance signaled that Europe was really going to go it alone when it comes to funding its own defense. |
| 0:52.3 | So there is the war in Ukraine. |
| 0:55.4 | There is Trump's threats to invade Greenland. |
| 0:59.9 | Plenty to talk about and plenty to think about |
| 1:03.1 | how they're going to spend 800 billion euros |
| 1:05.7 | worth of defense funds wisely. |
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