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GENEVA — Switzerland and Austria, two countries with strong traditions of foreign-policy neutrality, signaled their intention on Friday to join a German-led initiative aimed at strengthening Europe’s air defenses to deal with threats…

President Emmanuel Macron said he made some progress on Monday in convincing some of France’s EU allies to look at a more home-grown defence strategy, in contrast to a German-led effort to jointly procure air defence systems…