EU Commission president says integration needed to persuade arms companies to standardise production and meet demand
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The European Union must urgently introduce joint purchasing of weapons to persuade arms companies to standardise production as part of its existential battle with Russia, the president of the EU Commission has said.
In what would be a major step of integration, Ursula von der Leyen proposed providing the diverse European arms industry with advanced payment guarantees in the same way pledges were made to pharmaceutical companies for vaccines during the Covid crisis.
Continue reading…EU Commission president says integration needed to persuade arms companies to standardise production and meet demandRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesThe European Union must urgently introduce joint purchasing of weapons to persuade arms companies to standardise production as part of its existential battle with Russia, the president of the EU Commission has said.In what would be a major step of integration, Ursula von der Leyen proposed providing the diverse European arms industry with advanced payment guarantees in the same way pledges were made to pharmaceutical companies for vaccines during the Covid crisis. Continue reading…