Estonia, France and Poland issue call for ‘urgently’ increasing Europe’s defence readiness in new European Defence Industrial Strategy
Max Bergmann, director of the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), told the Guardian this morning that “this is a very important moment for not just the EU but for NATO and European security.”
“European defence is in a disastrous state not just because European countries don’t spend enough but because they don’t coordinate their spending,” he said.
This means European defence is far less than the sum of its parts.
The EU can therefore play a critical role in doing what the EU does best: breaking down barriers to cooperation and getting Europeans to actually coordinate on what they buy.
The big issue though is funding.
1.5 billion euros is not going to cut it. The EU has to incentivise cooperation and needs 10x that.
Continue reading…Estonia, France and Poland issue call for ‘urgently’ increasing Europe’s defence readiness in new European Defence Industrial StrategyMax Bergmann, director of the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), told the Guardian this morning that “this is a very important moment for not just the EU but for NATO and European security.”“European defence is in a disastrous state not just because European countries don’t spend enough but because they don’t coordinate their spending,” he said.This means European defence is far less than the sum of its parts.The EU can therefore play a critical role in doing what the EU does best: breaking down barriers to cooperation and getting Europeans to actually coordinate on what they buy.The big issue though is funding.1.5 billion euros is not going to cut it. The EU has to incentivise cooperation and needs 10x that. Continue reading…