Pistorius: Germany should have the strongest armed forces in EU
“Germany is the largest economy in Europe, so it should also be our goal to have the strongest and best-equipped army in the EU," said Germany's defence minister Boris Pistorius.
EU and Japan to share data from observation satellites
Director-General Timo Pesonen has signed, on behalf of the European Commission, a Copernicus Cooperation Arrangement with the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of Japan.
Is European defence missing its moment?
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.
NATO and the EU set up taskforce on resilience and critical infrastructure
NATO and the EU agreed to create a taskforce on resilience and critical infrastructure protection.
Von der Leyen: we need to ramp up the production capacity of our defence industry
"We all know that we now need to ramp up the production capacity of our defence industry. And we need to coordinate the replenishment of military equipment," said President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.
NATO and European Union leadership sign third joint declaration
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen signed the third Joint Declaration on NATO-European Union cooperation.
National Strategic Review: Macron’s next grand defence strategy for 2030
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.
Swedish Presidency of Council of the EU will support European defence cooperation
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
Hyper-connectivity as a trigger for strategic autonomy in the European Union: through a transformative and tisruptive technological transition
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.
Investing more together in Europe’s defence
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.
European Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton visited NATO
The unprecedented level of NATO-EU cooperation in recent years further accelerated in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine this year.
Tipping the Scales in Ukraine Requires a United European Army
"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.