MediaFaro News Digest<p>EU ministers push for a joint defence fund to secure a more self-reliant Europe.</p><p>EU finance ministers are preparing to explore an ambitious new initiative in the bloc’s approach to collective security.</p><p>At the heart is the proposed European Defence Mechanism (EDM) – a joint fund designed to reshape how Europe procures, funds, and manages its military capabilities, while reducing its long-standing dependence on the United States.</p><p><a href="https://mediafaro.org/article/20250407-eu-ministers-push-for-a-joint-defence-fund-to-secure-a-more-self-reliant-europe?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mediafaro.org/article/20250407</span><span class="invisible">-eu-ministers-push-for-a-joint-defence-fund-to-secure-a-more-self-reliant-europe?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Defence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Defence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/EDM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EDM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a></p>