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Starmer tells Munich conference Europe must spend, deliver and coordinate more

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer told the Munich Security Conference Europe must "spend more, deliver more, and coordinate more" on hard power, citing GBP 500 million in fresh UK air defence support for Ukraine and a pending warship deal with Norway.

Verified Opinion Editor-read UK Government speech transcript, 14 February 2026

What it does not test. Does not commit Europe to any named joint fund or procurement vehicle; no combined figure or binding scheme was announced.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. Opinion; no question moves until an institution acts, binding 1, scale 3 for its European audience. European Sovereignty Index

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-09-19. How the record is made

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