Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Europe wants to ready its citizens for war. Will they listen?
After Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, some of the European countries have issued or updated survival guides to their citizens to improve their preparedness and resilience for war or crisis. Last year, Germany updated its guidance for what to do in case of war, and Sweden distributed a survival guide to millions of households. Finland, which shares a border of over a thousand kilometers with Russia, joined NATO a year after Russia’s invasion. The Finns have been taking defense more seriously than other European states as it had its lost territory to Russia/the Soviet Union from time to time. Last month, the European Commission urged citizens to stockpile food and other essential supplies for at least three days to prepare for a crisis. However, citizens in the countries whose borders are farther away from Russia like Britain, Italy, and Portogal may not feel such fear as imminent as those in the eastern part of Europe. As the US’s commitment to NATO is becoming less dependable, European nations now need to become more resilient and prepared in the event of military aggression or any other crisis.
Read the article and learn how European countries are trying to prepare for war.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/12/europe/europe-citizens-war-ready-intl/index.html
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