Sweden became NATO’s newest member on Thursday (7 March 2024), upon depositing its instrument of accession to the North Atlantic Treaty with the Government of the United States in Washington DC. With Sweden’s accession, NATO now counts 32 countries among its members.
  • SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works
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    9 months ago

    EU’s population: 448 million

    EU GDP: 19 trillion dollars

    Russia’s population: 143 million

    Russia’s GDP: 1,78 trillion dollars

    Simplifying a bit here (I’m obviously taking Morocco and Belarus for granted, assuming that Turkey wouldn’t attack Greece, and so on), but it’s pretty much a “gotta get our shit together” situation, because there’s no reason why we should depend on the US for defense, or anything else.