“Discussion, among other things, will focus on Tami development of defensive capabilities”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
As noted on the EU website, Europe should take more responsibility for its own defense, so the discussion will be focused on topics – the development of defense capabilities, financing, including the mobilization of private financing, strengthening and deepening partnerships.
The European Union hopes that this discussion will help to prepare the next steps to make Europe a more stable and reliable player in the field of security and defense, thus becoming a stronger transatlantic partner, including in the context of NATO.
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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and the UK Prime Minister Kir Starmer plan to join the 27 EU leaders to discuss the issue of strengthening European defense capacity to discuss.
Former Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrews Kubilus, who held the position of the first EU Commissioner from Defense, said in September that over the next few years it is necessary to invest more than 500 billion euros in the development of the defense industry of Europe.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on January 16 called his priority. According to him, two -thirds of NATO members are now spending at least 2% of GDP on defense, but this is not enough.