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 "slug": "eu-arctic-strategy-join-2026-100-arctic-cable-hub-icebreaker-pooling-nuclear-260-million-defence-fund",
 "title": "The EU's Arctic Strategy: an Arctic Cable Hub and Icebreaker Pooling — EUR 260 Million Is Ten Existing Defence Fund Projects",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/eu-arctic-strategy-join-2026-100-arctic-cable-hub-icebreaker-pooling-nuclear-260-million-defence-fund/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/eu-arctic-strategy-join-2026-100-arctic-cable-hub-icebreaker-pooling-nuclear-260-million-defence-fund/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-10-20T19:44:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-10-21T19:44:42.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStrasbourg, 20 October 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * The Commission and Kaja Kallas adopted \"Europe's Northern Neighbourhood: A New Strategy for the Arctic\", JOIN(2026) 100, on 20 October; security is the first of its four priorities\n * As a first step towards a Member State-led Maritime Security Hub, the EU will help set up an Arctic Cable Hub \"to monitor, protect and support the repair of submarine cables in the North Atlantic-Arctic\", modelled on the Baltic and Mediterranean cable hubs\n",
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