“The President of the European Council Anthony Right has stated that the European Union needs a single defense system that would effectively restrain Russia. Source: The cost of the European Council in Brussels during the final press conference in Brussels: Right stated that in the face of growing security challenges, which are primarily related to Russia’s aggression, the European Union can no longer afford a fragmented defense policy.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Cost during the final press conference after the European Council meeting in Brussels
Details: Right stated that in the context of growing security challenges related to Russia’s aggression, the EU could no longer afford a fragmented defense policy. Instead, a pan -European system is needed.
Advertising:
The head of the European Council emphasized the need to abandon the established practice of duplication of defense capabilities in each individual state and called for consolidation of efforts: joint procurement, unification of standards, development of defense industry and attracting private capital.
Direct Language: “We need to build a common European defense system and restrain aggression. We do not need to duplicate the same opportunities in every Member State. We do not need to multiply by 27 all our investments in defense. We need efficiency and fair load distribution”
Details: Within this approach, the first package of investment in European defense is implemented through the SAFE tool, a financial mechanism that should help rationalize costs and strengthen the EU strategic autonomy.
“We are working on how to spend money more efficiently, investing more rationally, more efficiently as a team – by combining demand, joint purchases, standardization and simplification, stimulating European research, European industry, European jobs,” he added.