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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
John Collingridge

Europe is unprepared for risks from Russia and Trump, says Airbus boss

Visitors stand at the Airbus pavilion at an exhibition in  Doha
Guillaume Faury, chief executive of Airbus, said Europe has become too reliant on the US. Photograph: Karim Jaafar/AFP/Getty Images

Europe is unprepared for war with Russia or the risk that Donald Trump could withdraw the US from Nato and needs to ramp up spending on defence equipment, the boss of Airbus has said.

Guillaume Faury, the chief executive of Europe’s biggest aerospace and defence company, said it was a “defining moment” for the continent’s defence industry, after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 brought war to western Europe’s borders.

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