European defence budgets are increasing in the wake of Russia’s war on Ukraine. But if member-states don’t co-ordinate their spending better, fragmentation will persist and Europe’s defence industry could weaken.
Macron aims to make France lead in European initiative so Europe can organise its tools to guarantee its security through a credible European defence, highly interoperable with NATO.
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The enhancement of European defence cooperation in a variety of aspects is one of the priorities of the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the EU
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Europeans are clearly increasing their defence spending and capabilities. This is what the report of the European Defence Agency says. This is very much needed, writes Josep Borrell.
The Israeli and U.S intelligence are trying to confirm the Iranian declaration about this country’s success in developing a hypersonic ballistic missile.
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“Common European armed forces would be capable of more cost-effective procurement than individual member states are”, writes Mikuláš Dzurinda, President of Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies.
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The European defence industry submitted by 24 November 134 proposals for joint defence R&D projects in response to the 2022 calls for proposals under the European Defence Fund.
Reacting to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, for the first time in its history the EU has now mobilised funds for the delivery by Member States of military equipment, including lethal weaponry, to assist a partner country.
