The Defense Thread of Europe is Untwining

German Minister of Foreign Affairs Annalena Baerbock said her country “would not stand in the way” of deliveries of Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine from Poland. What this means for the future of arms delivery in CEE. Babiš’s blunder — on not sending troops to aid Poland or the Baltic countries if these came under attack. Hundreds of high-ranking officers were sacked from the military in Hungary, with the Ministry of Defense says it is part of the military's modernisation. Voting in the second round runoff of the Czech presidential elections is to take place on 28-29 January and will decide whether the outgoing President Miloš Zeman will be succeeded by his populist political ally and opposition leader Andrej Babiš or former army chief of staff and former Chairman of the NATO Military Command, General Petr Pavel.