The EU’s Defence Ambitions Are For the Long Term

Summary:

The Commission’s European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS) and the accompanying proposal for a European Defence Industrial Programme (EDIP) mark the latest steps in the EU’s deepening role in defence industrial matters. Their aim is to shift from the emergency measures taken since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to what the Commission terms “structural EU defence readiness”. The current trajectory of slowly increasing EU involvement in defence industrial matters could be accelerated by external events. The possibility of Ukraine’s defeat has already given EU defence debates greater momentum. A Trump victory in the US presidential election in November will worsen fears that Ukraine will be overrun and that an emboldened Putin could then test NATO’s defences. That might be enough to persuade Europeans that it is time for greater investment in EU defence tools.

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European Commission: EU Defence Industry https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/eu-defence-industry_en

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ESO Records

JOIN (2024) 10 : A new European Defence Industrial Strategy: Achieving EU readiness through a responsive and resilient European Defence Industry https://www.europeansources.info/record/a-new-european-defence-industrial-strategy-achieving-eu-readiness-through-a-responsive-and-resilient-european-defence-industry/

European Commission: DG Defence Industry and Space : COM (2024) 150 : Proposal for a Regulation establishing the European Defence Industry Programme and a framework of measures to ensure the timely availability and supply of defence products (‘EDIP’) https://www.europeansources.info/record/proposal-for-a-regulation-establishing-the-european-defence-industry-programme-and-a-framework-of-measures-to-ensure-the-timely-availability-and-supply-of-defence-products-edip/

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