Breton: European defence industry plays a key role in meeting new security challenges [KEYNOTE]
In Europe, we have a very strong defence equipment industrial base. We can produce all kinds of equipment, said Thierry Breton.
In Europe, we have a very strong defence equipment industrial base. We can produce all kinds of equipment, said Thierry Breton.
Commissioner Thierry Breton called for the need to maintain Europe at the forefront of space innovation and build a “Europe of power” that needs to ambitious, fast and agile.
German Rheinmetall is the biggest producer of artillery ammunition in Europe. Currently, the company is producing up to 450,000 artillery rounds per year.
The unprecedented level of NATO-EU cooperation in recent years further accelerated in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine this year.
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.