NATO's future
Sources: Rutte wants to see higher spending targets for NATO countries
NATO chief Mark Rutte is proposing that member states spend 3.5 percent of GDP on defense, sources told Reuters.
A further 1.5 percent is proposed to be spent on other defense-related equipment, which would mean reaching Donald Trump's demand of 5 percent.
The news agency writes that the American president, thanks to Rutte's proposal, could declare a kind of victory at this summer's NATO summit in The Hague.
Security around the Baltic Sea
French and Swedish aviation protect Europe: "Exactly the same way of thinking"
As the threat from Russia has grown, the air forces of Sweden and France have come to cooperate more and more to protect Europe's borders. This is reported by Politico, which visited the air base in Luleå during a joint exercise.
Both countries have pursued similar lines in which a strong air force has been built up with domestic production of aircraft as a basis.
– It is so easy for Sweden and France to cooperate, we have exactly the same mindset, says Nicolas Chambaz, responsible for international relations within the French Air Force.
Military cooperation between the countries goes back a long way and recently both Ulf Kristersson and French President Emmanuel Macron have worked to deepen this further. Sweden is also one of the countries that has shown the greatest interest in France's proposal to let the country's nuclear weapons function as an umbrella over the whole of Europe, writes Politico.
Sources: Rutte wants to see higher spending targets for NATO countries
NATO chief Mark Rutte is proposing that member states spend 3.5 percent of GDP on defense, sources told Reuters.
A further 1.5 percent is proposed to be spent on other defense-related equipment, which would mean reaching Donald Trump's demand of 5 percent.
The news agency writes that the American president, thanks to Rutte's proposal, could declare a kind of victory at this summer's NATO summit in The Hague.
Security around the Baltic Sea
French and Swedish aviation protect Europe: "Exactly the same way of thinking"
As the threat from Russia has grown, the air forces of Sweden and France have come to cooperate more and more to protect Europe's borders. This is reported by Politico, which visited the air base in Luleå during a joint exercise.
Both countries have pursued similar lines in which a strong air force has been built up with domestic production of aircraft as a basis.
– It is so easy for Sweden and France to cooperate, we have exactly the same mindset, says Nicolas Chambaz, responsible for international relations within the French Air Force.
Military cooperation between the countries goes back a long way and recently both Ulf Kristersson and French President Emmanuel Macron have worked to deepen this further. Sweden is also one of the countries that has shown the greatest interest in France's proposal to let the country's nuclear weapons function as an umbrella over the whole of Europe, writes Politico.
New elections in Canada
Carney ahead of the Trump meeting: It will not be easy
Next week's meeting in Washington between US President Donald Trump and Canada's new Prime Minister Mark Carney will take place on Tuesday, writes AP.
Carney expects a tough meeting, against the backdrop of Trump's tariffs and repeated statements that Canada should become the 51st state of the United States
– I do not pretend that these discussions will be easy.
Mark Carney was elected Prime Minister on Monday after an election campaign that largely revolved around Trump's various statements.
Carney ahead of the Trump meeting: It will not be easy
Next week's meeting in Washington between US President Donald Trump and Canada's new Prime Minister Mark Carney will take place on Tuesday, writes AP.
Carney expects a tough meeting, against the backdrop of Trump's tariffs and repeated statements that Canada should become the 51st state of the United States
– I do not pretend that these discussions will be easy.
Mark Carney was elected Prime Minister on Monday after an election campaign that largely revolved around Trump's various statements.
The political situation in Germany
Analysis: Voters ignore extremist classification
The German far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has only itself to blame for being classified as a right-wing extremist group by the country's intelligence service, writes Bild's Jan W Schäfer in an analysis.
Now the question is whether the government coalition consisting of the Christian Democrats CDU/CSU and the Social Democrats SPD wants to ban the party. But regardless of what happens on this sensitive issue, the party's voters will not disappear, writes Schäfer. A ban could backfire and lead to voter flight from the coalition parties, he believes.
Severin Weiland makes a similar analysis for Der Spiegel. He is not surprised given that many moderate votes have left the AfD, but does not think its voters care about the new report. Weiland does not believe in a ban without the new coalition acting together on issues such as illegal immigration.
“The AfD will continue as before and watch with delight as the democratic center slowly melts away.”
DN’s Anna-Lena Lauren notes that support for the AfD has waned and writes that a ban would give the party the opportunity to portray itself as a victim.
“So far, it has been a winning strategy.”
Analysis: Voters ignore extremist classification
The German far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has only itself to blame for being classified as a right-wing extremist group by the country's intelligence service, writes Bild's Jan W Schäfer in an analysis.
Now the question is whether the government coalition consisting of the Christian Democrats CDU/CSU and the Social Democrats SPD wants to ban the party. But regardless of what happens on this sensitive issue, the party's voters will not disappear, writes Schäfer. A ban could backfire and lead to voter flight from the coalition parties, he believes.
Severin Weiland makes a similar analysis for Der Spiegel. He is not surprised given that many moderate votes have left the AfD, but does not think its voters care about the new report. Weiland does not believe in a ban without the new coalition acting together on issues such as illegal immigration.
“The AfD will continue as before and watch with delight as the democratic center slowly melts away.”
DN’s Anna-Lena Lauren notes that support for the AfD has waned and writes that a ban would give the party the opportunity to portray itself as a victim.
“So far, it has been a winning strategy.”
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