At the Munich Security Conference in February, Vice President JD Vance delivered a speech criticizing woke European policies, censorship and lawfare against conservative candidates.

Europeans took it to be a U.S. declaration that it would leave NATO. They are now delivering their response to this abandonment by announcing a declaration of European defense independence.

First, the European Parliament adopted a resolution “White Paper on the Future of European Defense” on March 10, which usurps the power of national governments to make decisions about the defense of their own countries for the benefit of the European Union.

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