{"id":1998955,"date":"2026-06-18T06:05:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T03:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1998955"},"modified":"2026-06-18T06:05:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T03:05:30","slug":"europe-today-nato-ukraine-and-the-battle-over-europes-future-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1998955","title":{"rendered":"Europe Today: NATO, Ukraine and the battle over Europe&#8217;s future budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/80\/12\/89\/1200x675_cmsv2_911e7cad-58bc-52f5-8921-c4e8e4fddd07-9801289.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2903257-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2903257\" data-cid=\"9805347\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2903257-label-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img 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<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"helper-site-row o-article-newsy\">\n<div class=\"helper-site-container o-article-newsy__container\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__main\">\n<header class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__header\">\n<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\" class=\"c-article-breadcrumbs\">\n<div id=\"adb-article-breadcrumb\" class=\"c-article-breadcrumbs__list\">\n<p>                          Europe<\/p>\n<p>                          Europe News<\/p>\n<p>                          Europe Today<\/p><\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<h1 class=\"c-article-redesign-title\">\n                            Europe Today: NATO, Ukraine and the battle over Europe&#8217;s future budget<\/h1>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-video u-position-relative \">\n<div class=\"js-superdiv u-aspect-ratio-16x9 u-position-relative \" data-sponsored=\"Partner content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-poster-img c-article-media__img\" 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class=\"c-article-publication-date\" data-timestamp=\"1781762730\">\n                    Published on                 <time datetime=\"2026-06-18 08:05:30 +02:00\">18\/06\/2026 &#8211; 8:05 GMT+2<\/time><span class=\"c-article-publication-date__bullet\">\u2022<\/span>Updated<br \/>\n                                     <time datetime=\"13:22\">13:22<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__links u-align-items-center u-display-flex u-justify-content-center js-c-article-share-comment-share\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Share<\/span><\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Comments<\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label c-article-share-comment__label--always\">Add Euronews on Google<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment-popup-overlay js-c-article-share-comment-popup-overlay u-display-none\">\n<div 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