Topics

Every answer, grouped by topic.

• Defence spending

  Who spends what on defence, what the NATO targets mean and what defence would cost without the US.

• Europe’s military strength

  Armies, soldiers, tanks and nuclear weapons. Could Europe defend itself?

• NATO and collective defence

  How Articles 4 and 5 work, whether allies would help and what leaving NATO would mean.

• A federal Europe

  Whether it will happen, the pros and cons and what people think of it.

• History of uniting Europe

  From George of Poděbrady to Pan-Europa and Churchill.

• Competitiveness and tech

  Why Europe has no Google or AI giants of its own and whether it will catch up with the US.

• Risk of war with Russia

  Whether war is coming, when Russia could attack and what would happen next.

• Salaries, pensions and living standards

  Pay, pensions and quality of life in Europe, in the US and between countries.

• Why Europe isn’t one country

  Why Europe never united and why the EU was created.