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Commission wants to motivate states to procure armaments jointly

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By Redaktion

Published: May 19th, 2022,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

After weeks of analyzing the European defense landscape, the EU Commission has called on member states to jointly procure defense equipment depleted by the Ukraine conflict – and plans to allocate €500 million over two years.

„Everywhere we see duplication and fragmentation,“ EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell said Wednesday in Brussels. „We need to spend more money, but above all we need to spend it together to spend it better.“

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Geopolitics Sicherheitspolitik European policy Security policy European Defense