Military spending is on the rise. In the world, in NATO and in Europe. Germany with 56 billion, tied with France, is just behind the United Kingdom. But, Berlin announced 100 billion additional expenditure to modernize the under-equipped Bundeswehr. From 5th world exporter, the country should therefore rise in the rankings. And the arms manufacturers, who have already accelerated their activity since the annexation of Crimea, should continue to expand. This is the reportage in Stuttgart and Munich by Leo Brauer Potier.
Champion in all categories on the European continent, ahead of Russia with 3.2% of global military spending, the United Kingdom is a key player in supporting Ukraine. In London, Marie Billon.
And in Bulgaria, member of NATO, will we help kyiv, in particular with Soviet equipment which could be easily used by the Ukrainian army. Explanations from Sofia, from Damian Vodenitcharov.
Z and V banned in the Baltic countries
These are two letters that are being talked about a lot at the moment. The letters Z and V displayed on the tanks or spray-painted on the walls as a sign of rallying to the Russian troops engaged in the war in Ukraine. Controversial letters. The three parliaments of the Baltic countries have thus decided to ban these letters in the public space, to avoid controversy. This is the chronicle of Marielle Vitureau.
Ukrainian expatriate and solidarity musicians
And as the war in Ukraine has entered its third month, the diaspora is trying to lend support to the country, civilians and combatants. In Bethune in the north of France, Lise Verbeke met Michel Gerswhin and Tatiana Guerchovitch, a couple of musicians whose only weapon is music…
(Rebroadcast May 4, 2022)