Europe’s self-defence is battle on multiple fronts

Leaders are scrambling to shore up defences (https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/why-defence-boss-could-boost-europes-revival-2025-04-22/) against Russia (https://www.breakingviews.com/features/russias-economy-would-struggle-to-cope-with-peace/) while also becoming less dependent on the US. In this episode of The Big View podcast, Bruegel Senior Fellow Guntram Wolff talks about the need for a joint European body to make the increase in spending (https://www.breakingviews.com/considered-view/record-backlogs-signal-defence-industry-fragility/) more effective. Visit the Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement (https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en/privacy-statement.html) for information on our privacy and data protection practices. You may also visit megaphone.fm/adchoices (https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmegaphone.spotify.com%2Fabout-advertisements&data=05%7C01%7CKatrina.Hamlin%40thomsonreuters.com%7C3b039bc29d0842c1f3c808db31f2f828%7C62ccb8646a1a4b5d8e1c397dec1a8258%7C0%7C0%7C638158691841066703%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=UA%2B51%2B5AGd3j8eftc9yqBr2w%2F5VGBj0t3hHpxTHx5wI%3D&reserved=0) to opt-out of targeted advertising.