Geopolitics
The €6 Billion Blunder: How EU Bureaucracy Is Sabotaging European Security
The EU's €150 billion SAFE fund, designed to strengthen its internal defense industry by mandating 65% local content, has effectively priced out the UK by demanding €6 billion for access versus a €10 million fee for Canada, exposing a prioritization of industrial policy over strategic military capability. This is a stunning act of bureaucratic myopia that weakens Europe's overall security by sidelining one of its most capable military powers for the sake of protectionist dogma, playing directly into the hands of those who benefit from a fractured West.
