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Defence modernisation in the Eastern European region is gaining momentum. Romania has confirmed its largest investment in F-35 fighters ever, while Slovakia and Bulgaria are waiting for more F-16s. Along with these steps, however, challenges such as pilot training and logistical readiness for the new Western models are growing.
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Former Estonian PM Kaja Kallas was persuasive on the subject of the war in Ukraine, but avoided answering several other questions. She was reluctant to call Taiwan by its name or to criticise Viktor Orbán. When it came to defence, she stressed that the EU was not intended to replace NATO and there was no reason to set up a European army. She faced the toughest questions on the war in the Gaza Strip.
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Hungary is on the borderline between democracy and full-fledged autocracy. What we are now seeing in Slovakia is a populist turn. I do not think that one government alone can do the kind of damage to the institutional system that has been done here, Péter Krekó, director of Political Capital, tells EURACTIV Slovakia.
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In a new resolution on Ukraine, the European Parliament has called for a stepping up of aid to the attacked state. It asked for the lifting of restrictions on attacks on Russian military targets and also "nudged" German Chancellor Scholz, whom it called on to deliver Taurus missiles. All MEPs from Progresívne Slovensko voted in favour of the call. Smer, Hlas and Republika were against. Beňová and Lexmann did not vote, although they were present.
