Central vs distributed EU Defense ]] Ultimately, all these issues circle around the one topic that always puts the brakes on any real movement toward European defence structure: sovereignty.The reality is that Brussels is merely an administrative capital, thus the correct manner to deal with such an issue is toRead More →

EU Perfect storm Brewing]] “Defence ministries face a perfect storm across Europe: a squeeze on their budgets, severe underinvestment in defence techology and capabilities, Brexit, a huge number of non-interoperable platforms, a fragmented industrial base, too many capabilities of the wrong type – 2,000 fighters and only 50 tankers toRead More →

Industry & EU Growth]] Industry claims it wants an end to juste retour as imposed by national governments. “We have a European defence-industrial base and we have working supply chains but it is the conditions under which we labour that cause problems,” Karsten Lepper, representative of the German Industry forRead More →

Blueprint for EU Defense]] The Commission has a blueprint for supporting national ministries and their defence industries. First, it will soon launch its Preparatory Action (PA) or prototype programme to support defence research and development (R&D) with EU funding, namely EUR90 million (USD97 million) over three years (2017-19). This fundingRead More →