{
  "id": 11476383,
  "title": "'We have to close defence gaps urgently': EU Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee chief McAllister",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/we-have-to-close-defence-gaps-urgently-eu-parliament-foreign-affairs",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T15:57:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/talking-europe/20261002-we-have-to-close-defence-gaps-urgently-eu-parliament-foreign-affairs-committee-chief-mcallister"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "We sit down with David McAllister, the chair of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee. He talks to us about the security threats facing Europe, and what defence gaps the EU urgently needs to close. For McAllister, the EU is \"not at war with the Russian Federation, but we are no longer at peace with Russia\". He also believes that the EU is not, as yet, capable of making sovereign…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}