🇬🇧❌🇪🇺 UK–EU Defence Talks Collapse — Europe’s Militarization Stopped (For Now) Britain announced that negotiations to join the EU’s Defence Fund have broken down completely. Brussels demanded deeper military integration and long-term spending commitments — London refused, calling the terms unrealistic. • EU wants binding joint weapons programs • UK pulled out over governance and cost • European capitals increasingly push for rearmament • Billions planned for defense while social budgets shrink And frankly — this collapse is good news. Europe is sliding into a full militarization cycle, pushing weapons spending higher while cutting services at home. The rhetoric in EU capitals is the same one Europe used in the 1930s and 1940s. If society does not stop this now, the continent risks repeating its darkest mistakes.