[DPL] Policy

DPL | Policy is the lens on what a single European state decides about its own defence — national security strategies, budgets and spending laws, white papers, and the ministerial and parliamentary decisions behind them. The altitude is domestic: how a government sets its own course and funds it. Multilateral programmes sit in the NATO & EU theatre [INT], agreements between states in [DIP], and the American dimension in [ATL].

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Romanian Parliament Clears EUR 8.33 Billion Pre-SAFE Defence Package Before 30 May Deadline

Bundestag Budget Committee Pauses EUR 262.67 Million Tankcontainer Procurement at 105% Price Increase

11th NPT Review Conference at UN Headquarters; First After New START Expiry

Bundeswehr Publishes First Military Strategy: "Responsibility for Europe" Sets 460,000-Personnel Target by 2035

Japan Lifts Postwar Arms Export Ban: Takaichi Cabinet Removes Five Restricted Categories; Mogami-Class Frigate Sale to Australia Anchors the Reform

Estonia Cancels €500M CV9035 Mk IV; Funds Redirected to Counter-Drone, Air Defence and Unmanned; Three Additional HIMARS Ordered

France Adds €36 Billion to 2024–2030 Military Law; 2,500 km Ballistic Missile Studies Launched; Nuclear Arsenal to Expand

Germany Quietly Reactivates §3 Wehrpflichtgesetz Travel-Approval Authority over Male Nationals 17–45

All 32 NATO Members Meet 2% of GDP Defence-Spending Threshold for the First Time; Combined Spending Tops $1.4 Trillion in 2025

Swiss Federal Council Requests CHF 3.4BN: IRIS-T SLM Expansion, Skynex 35mm C-UAS Systems, F-35A Cost Overrun

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Perspectives: The Case for Berlin

Industrial Deterrence: Germany’s €377 B Experiment in Defence Governance post image

Industrial Deterrence: Germany’s €377 B Experiment in Defence Governance