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.
Raw materials are essential for Europe’s energy and digital transitions, but their importance to the military domain is less often discussed.
Strategic raw materials for defence. Mapping European industry needs Read More »
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
Swedish Presidency of Council of the EU will support European defence cooperation Read More »
The creation of an EU space communication infrastructure would largely decrease congestion in space, resulting from space traffic and space debris that hinders the appropriate execution of operations in that domain.
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 war in Ukraine is the first large-scale, high-intensity military conflict in which both sides deploy different types of drones extensively and to different military effects.
The unprecedented level of NATO-EU cooperation in recent years further accelerated in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine this year.
European Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton visited NATO Read More »
“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.
Tipping the Scales in Ukraine Requires a United European Army Read More »
The agreements were negotiated between OCCAR and the Commission in a very short timeframe, which is a strong indicator of the very positive cooperation between both organisations. In his speech, the OCCAR-EA Director highlighted this good spirit and emphasized the objective that cooperation between OCCAR and the Commission should grow more and more in order to strengthen
OCCAR: EPC and EU-HYDEF Contribution Agreements signed Read More »
The European Commission signed contribution agreements with the EDA OCCAR to delegate the implementation, under indirect management, of four strategic defence projects under the European Defence Fund (EDF).
EU Commission signs European Defence Fund project agreements with EDA and OCCAR Read More »
The Council of the European Union reached a political agreement with a view to ensuring the financial sustainability of the European Peace Facility (EPF).
“We must primarily prepare for the most difficult and most dangerous scenario: that is the large-scale war against an advanced adversary”, Major General Karel Rehka, Chief of Defence, Czech Republic, told the European Defence Agency (EDA) annual conference.
Czech defence chief: “We must prepare for future warfare” Read More »
