‘Naive’ Europe must spend more to deter Russia, says Danish PM

Europe must curb welfare spending and tax cuts to deter a “more aggressive Russia” with prolonged defence and security funding increases, according to Denmark’s prime minister. Mette Frederiksen told the Financial Times that the “naive” continent had to avoid the mistakes of the 1930s and “step up and scale up” its defence industry to contain an imperialist Russia, which has made Ukraine just its first target.

But Frederiksen said the new era was defined by a tougher geopolitical and economic landscape worldwide. “We have been too naive, and in the western part of the world we have been too focused on getting richer, and therefore we also have built up dependencies on countries that we should not be dependent on — gas from Russia, and new technologies from China.” She said it was time to have a “discussion with our populations . . .

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