EU Defense Spending Rules Shattered: The Escape Clause That Rewrites Fiscal Governance
Stability and Growth Pact reform, defence escape clause, EU fiscal rules 2026, ECOFIN defence decision, national escape clause, rearm Europe fiscal flexibility
Stability and Growth Pact reform, defence escape clause, EU fiscal rules 2026, ECOFIN defence decision, national escape clause, rearm Europe fiscal flexibility
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LEAD: On April 2, 2026, President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order imposing reciprocal tariffs on imports from over 180 countries — including a baseline 20% levy on all European Union goods — launching what economists at the IMF are already calling the most disruptive trade shock to the global economy since the Great Depression. … Read more