Sarah Harte: Gen Z won’t fight for Europe — and maybe they have a point

As Europe debates rearmament, cutting social welfare for military spending risks undermining the very values the EU was built on

At the weekend, a journalist friend and I laughed at an article detailing how the German army struggles to recruit Zoomers. File photo: iStock

Every time I read another headline about the imperative of EU Rearmament, I can’t help but think of the Talking Heads song, "We're on a road to nowhere."

I guess you have to take the chuckles when they come. At the weekend, a journalist friend and I laughed at an article detailing how the German army struggles to recruit Zoomers. The Germans have invested €100 billion in new equipment for the German armed forces, but staffing is a problem.