On: Germany commits €100B to defense spending

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Right

But Russia has been encroaching around EU territory since taking Crimea in 2014

and if Ukraine did join NATO, or if Russia makes further threats against other potential NATO members like Finland or Sweeden, why wait until now

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Crimea is not in the EU.

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updated to "around"

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To keep diplomatic solutions open as long as possible of course.