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 unprecedented level of NATO-EU cooperation in recent years further accelerated in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine this year.
"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.
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.
In 2021, total European defence spending stood at a new high of €214 billion, marking a further 6% increase on 2020 and the seventh year of consecutive growth.
The EU and the Kingdom of Norway signed an administrative agreement for a voluntary financial contribution of Norway to the European Union Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine.
European Commission has approved an investment of around €1.2 billion in collaborative defence research and development with the adoption of the first ever award decision on 61 projects supported by the European Defence Fund (EDF).
The EU has financed and delivered equipment for a cyber lab, security software and hardware to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as part of its ongoing support to Ukraine under the European Peace Facility.
Council of the European Union (Council) agreed on a general approach on the proposed regulation establishing the European Defence Industry Reinforcement through common procurement act (EDIRPA).
With an EU budget of €2.4 billion (plus a contribution from ESA and private investments to come), IRIS² establishes space as a vector of our European autonomy, writes Thierry Breton, Commissioner for Internal Market of the European Union.
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