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EU slams the door on US in colossal defense plan (www.politico.eu)
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BRUSSELS — United States arms-makers are being frozen out of the European Union’s massive new defense spending plan, which aims to splash the cash for EU and allied countries, according to defense spending plans released Wednesday.

Also left out — for now — is the United Kingdom.

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[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

They probably have cyberpunk like ambitions at legal corporate armies and the dismantlement of all nations and powers able to contend with them as their long term goal. As long as it is just money lost in the short to mid term I could well see those kinds of people go along with the circus.