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00:00The idea has been gaining ground across Europe.
00:05The Europeans must now take charge of their own security.
00:10In France, after visiting an airbase Tuesday, Emmanuel Macron announced new defence investments.
00:16We're going to increase and speed up orders for Rafale jets.
00:21Meanwhile in Berlin, a historic vote by the Bundestag approved a government spending overhaul
00:27worth hundreds of billions of euros, which required a relaxation of the debt break enshrined
00:33in the constitution.
00:35A plan to pour funding into Germany's infrastructure and its long-neglected military.
00:41It's justified, says Friedrich Merz, because of the threat posed by Russia.
00:47We have felt a false sense of security for at least a decade and probably much more.
00:52Now we have to rebuild our defence capabilities.
00:54The decision we are taking today on defence readiness for our country can therefore be
00:58nothing less than the first major step towards a new European defence community.
01:05The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said that Europe must
01:10build a credible deterrence capability within five years.
01:14But Italian Premier and Donald Trump ally, Giorgia Maloney, voiced misgivings about the
01:19rearming project and the suggestion that European nations needed to establish an independent
01:25security umbrella.
01:28It is unimaginable to build effective and lasting security guarantees by dividing Europe
01:33and the United States.
01:35Comments made two days before a European Union leaders' summit, where bolstering Europe's
01:40defences and support for Ukraine is to top the agenda.