{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/690b102d68ccec9b8ed30320/6abfb4c50d8a484144c4d1a5?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Cremer vs Beke – Can Europe afford its defence boost?","description":"<p>As security and hybrid threats are on the rise across Europe and the war in Ukraine enters its fifth year, European defence budgets are under the microscope.</p><p><br></p><p>The debate in The Ring goes straight to the heart of the controversy: is the 5% of GDP target a necessary goal or a misleading obsession? And who ultimately pays the bill for rearmament? </p><p><br></p><p>In this special live edition from the Euronews Defence &amp; Space Summit, Méabh Mc Mahon is joined by a live audience and leading European lawmakers — Belgian centre-right EPP member Wouter Beke and German social democrat Tobias Cremer.</p><p><br></p><p>Listen to this special edition of The Ring, brought to you from the Albert Hall in Brussels.</p>","author_name":"Euronews"}