Rejigged EU austerity rules – in play for the first time since the pandemic – are now coming back to haunt the bloc’s biggest deficit hawks, in a move likely to prove explosive to national politics.
Germany is revamping its civil defense strategy, converting metro stations and underground parking into bomb shelters. With only 579 operational bunkers for 480,000 people in a population of 84 million, the government plans to empower citizens to fortify basements and garages while providing an app to locate nearby shelters. This move reflects rising tensions with Russia and a broader European shift toward increased preparedness for potential conflict.
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