What are the threats going through Europe?
UK authorities plans main defence reforms at the price of welfare programmes, drawing public anger.
Below the slogan “welfare not warfare”, protesters have come out in power in London, objecting to the British authorities’s plans to extend army spending whereas reducing again on social help.
Like its European allies in NATO, the UK is beneath strain from the US to take accountability for its personal safety in mild of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
However the European public – most of whom are going through a cost-of-living disaster – might effectively object as a lot because the British.
So can NATO allies construct a defence power sturdy sufficient to counter any threats from Russia with out US help?
And the way will European leaders deal with attainable public discontent?
Presenter: Elizabeth Puranam
Friends:
Paul Beaver – defence analyst
Aaron Gasch Burnett – senior fellow on the Democratic Technique Initiative, a political suppose tank
Jeremy Corbyn – unbiased member of the UK Parliament
