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In advance of French President Emmanuel Macron's visit to Germany on Sunday, Green Party foreign policy expert Anton Hofreiter is advocating for a 500 billion euro European defense fund. "Given that European security is at risk, it is essential to pursue cooperative European responses,"...
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To penalize Taiwan, China stands as the largest assembly of fighter jets for its two-day military exercise, with a total of 49 aircraft spotted near the island according to the Taiwanese Ministry of Defense. At Taipei's local time Friday morning, they reported this occurrence.
Calendar-Sheet![A Chinese military exercise will take place in the Taiwan Strait on Thursday and Friday](https://cdn.aussiedlerbote.de/content/images/2024/05/23/283219/jpeg/4-3/1200/75/china-penalizes-taiwan-through-military-exercises.webp)
A vast Chinese military operation is underway around Taiwan on Thursday and Friday, causing alarm amongst its military. One colonel refers to this event as a "punitive action" directed towards "Taiwanese secessionist activities".
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