Accents of Europe – The Baltic at the heart of European defense

Poland invests in its navy

The country is already the champion of military spending in Europe, 4.5% of its gross domestic product… and now it is in the navy, long the poor relation of its army, that the country has decided to invest. Its 400 kilometers of coastline on a sea that Russia also uses via the port of Saint Petersburg are not unrelated to this choice… This is the report ofAdrien Sarlat. 

And when we talk about risks for European security, we often talk about the Baltic countries, just northeast of Poland.

Three small countries, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, formerly members of the USSR, now independent since 1991, members of the European Union and NATO, is that enough to make them privileged targets of Russia?

The response to Céline Bayouwhich has just been published by Tallandier The Baltic countries facing the Russian threat.

 

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Eurovision hit hard by the war in Gaza and the Middle East

Several European countries have already announced that they will not broadcast the final, or that they are boycotting it. In question, the participation of an Israeli singer. Feeling of unease in the organizing country Austria, long-time support of the Jewish state. In Vienna, this is the report of Céline Beal.  

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The Turkish boycott

And it is on another ground, that of values, that Turkey has marked its opposition. Since 2013, the country has boycotted the competition, citing its opposition to the scoring system which favors Western Europe. But above all, Ankara believes thatEurovision has become contrary to Turkish values ​​by promoting LGBT. Explanations from our correspondent Anne Andlauer.