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Italy’s grand plan to meet NATO target: A €13.5B bridge to Sicily
- Italy's government is planning to fund a €13.5 billion bridge to Sicily as a military project to meet NATO's 5% GDP defense spending target by 2035.
- The proposed bridge over the Strait of Messina aims to enhance military logistics and could become the world's longest suspension bridge.
- Italian officials believe the bridge can serve dual civilian and strategic purposes, enabling troop transfers between Northern Europe and the Mediterranean region.
- Critics argue that labeling the bridge a military necessity could harm Italy's credibility, highlighting the inadequate infrastructure in the regions it connects.
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Motorways built with Armate money - this is the project that will be implemented by several NATO countries, including Romania. According to the Alliance's plans, all Member States should be connected through high-speed zones, which will be brought as soon as possible to the tanks and blinds in case of war, declared Digi24.
The scandal with the fraud of the heads of NATO countries: Meloni gave odds on how to cheat Trump: EADaily
EADaily, July 1st, 2025. A very revealing scandal broke out around the tricks of European politicians to increase military spending on defense, but only on paper. Italy gives everyone a head start here in the person of Prime Minister Giorgi Meloni, who wants to include the construction of a bridge to Sicily in the military budget.
Italy To Count Sicily Bridge as Defence Spending To Meet NATO Target
Italy’s government has announced plans to count the €11 billion cost of the long-proposed Strait of Messina bridge—linking mainland Italy with Sicily—as part of its defence budget, to help meet NATO’s ambitious new target of spending 5% of GDP on military-related expenditures. Under a final agreement reached last week, NATO members pledged to spend 3.5% of GDP on core military capabilities by 2035, with an additional 1.5% going toward broader se…
Rome seeks to classify mega-infrastructure as a strategic military asset amid push to meet NATO's 5% GDP defense expenditure target - Anadolu Ajansı
Italy is preparing to reform its military budget with a gigantic construction project: the construction of the 13.5 billion euro Sicily Bridge would be counted as “strategic infrastructure” in NATO’s defense objectives – but the plan faces serious technical, bureaucratic and political obstacles, so it is questionable how much of it is more than a bluff. However, the idea begets the idea.
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