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 "slug": "signal-no-1-hungary-double-veto-test-for-eu-defence-financing-unanimity-24-february-2026",
 "title": "Signal No. 1  ·  Hungary double veto: test for EU defence financing unanimity  ·  24 February 2026",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/signal-no-1-hungary-double-veto-test-for-eu-defence-financing-unanimity-24-february-2026/",
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 "published": "2026-02-24T23:00:00.000+01:00",
 "updated": "2026-03-02T21:58:54.000+01:00",
 "excerpt": "Hungary blocks both the EUR 90 billion Ukraine loan and the 20th Russia sanctions package — the first simultaneous double veto on EU defence financing, testing whether unanimity can survive a single member state's leverage.",
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   "source": "Bloomberg",
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   "context": "Hungary blocks EU sanctions and Ukraine loan"
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   "source": "GOV.UK",
   "date": "20 Feb 2026",
   "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-and-european-allies-to-develop-low-cost-air-defence-weapons-to-protect-nato-skies",
   "context": "LEAP counter-drone initiative"
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   "source": "Defense News",
   "date": "24 Feb 2026",
   "url": "https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2026/02/24/russias-defense-spending-surge-tapers-off-in-2025-analysts-find/",
   "context": "Russian defence spending growth stalls"
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   "date": "24 Feb 2026",
   "url": "https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/24/we-will-not-back-down-eu-leaders-arrive-in-kyiv-on-fourth-anniversary-of-russias-full-scale-invasion/",
   "context": "EU leaders in Kyiv on invasion anniversary"
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   "source": "Al Jazeera",
   "date": "24 Feb 2026",
   "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/24/devastation-and-frozen-frontlines-ukraine-marks-four-years-of-russias-war",
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   "url": "https://www.hartpunkt.de/pistorius-kuendigt-neue-standorte-fuer-das-bundeswehr-beschaffungsamt-baainbw-an/",
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   "source": "BMVg",
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   "context": "Pistorius BAAINBw visit"
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   "source": "NATO MARCOM",
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   "url": "https://mc.nato.int/media-centre/news/2026/nato-allies-demonstrate-undersea-dominance-in-exercise-dynamic-manta-26",
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