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<description>As relations between the US and Europe continue to sour, European countries are working to lower their reliance on the U.S. for weapons and security. Today on the show, we ask what Europe needs to do to become independent militarily and what potential barriers could stand in the way.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Related episodes:&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Europe's NATO members take an economic hit (&lt;a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-indicator-from-planet-money/id1320118593?i=1000696401806"&gt;Apple&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Jc9ZBlkxegv53RbpQQ8b5?si=66fa437cb0e44028"&gt;Spotify&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br&gt;Two Indicators: Economics of the defense industry (&lt;a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/planet-money/id290783428?i=1000646297454"&gt;Apple&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/1nlC0LYoSBvjJ3gIiZT7JK?si=58544e7285334ccd"&gt;Spotify&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://plus.npr.org/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;plus.npr.org&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Fact-checking by &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.npr.org/people/g-s1-26724/sierra-juarez"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Sierra Juarez&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;. Music by &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="https://dropelectric.bandcamp.com/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Drop Electric&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;. Find us: &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@planetmoney"&gt;&lt;em&gt;TikTok&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/planetmoney/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Instagram&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/planetmoney"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Facebook&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://www.npr.org/newsletter/money"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Newsletter&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Learn more about sponsor message choices: &lt;a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices"&gt;podcastchoices.com/adchoices&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy"&gt;NPR Privacy Policy&lt;/a&gt;</description>

The Indicator from Planet Money

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Can Europe stand without the US?

MAR 26, 20259 MIN
The Indicator from Planet Money

Can Europe stand without the US?

MAR 26, 20259 MIN

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As relations between the US and Europe continue to sour, European countries are working to lower their reliance on the U.S. for weapons and security. Today on the show, we ask what Europe needs to do to become independent militarily and what potential barriers could stand in the way.

Related episodes:
Europe's NATO members take an economic hit (Apple / Spotify)
Two Indicators: Economics of the defense industry (Apple / Spotify)

For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.

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