No one argues: 🇸🇪 is serious about security and defence.
With Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson about many short & long term security issues: EDPCIs, joint procurement in #defence, support for 🇺🇦, 🇪🇺 pillar of #NATO, 🇪🇺 space independence, true #EuropeanDefenceUnion, 🇪🇺Security Council & more.
With Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson about many short & long term security issues: EDPCIs, joint procurement in #defence, support for 🇺🇦, 🇪🇺 pillar of #NATO, 🇪🇺 space independence, true #EuropeanDefenceUnion, 🇪🇺Security Council & more.
January 12, 2026 at 8:06 AM
No one argues: 🇸🇪 is serious about security and defence.
With Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson about many short & long term security issues: EDPCIs, joint procurement in #defence, support for 🇺🇦, 🇪🇺 pillar of #NATO, 🇪🇺 space independence, true #EuropeanDefenceUnion, 🇪🇺Security Council & more.
With Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson about many short & long term security issues: EDPCIs, joint procurement in #defence, support for 🇺🇦, 🇪🇺 pillar of #NATO, 🇪🇺 space independence, true #EuropeanDefenceUnion, 🇪🇺Security Council & more.
🇪🇺 is steadily building a true #EuropeanDefenceUnion.
At the EU envoys conference w/HRVP @kajakallas.bsky.social & NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on the next steps to make NATO’s European pillar stronger.
We need a paradigm & mind shift, investments, innovations, industrial production & speed!
At the EU envoys conference w/HRVP @kajakallas.bsky.social & NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on the next steps to make NATO’s European pillar stronger.
We need a paradigm & mind shift, investments, innovations, industrial production & speed!
March 9, 2026 at 8:03 PM
🇪🇺 is steadily building a true #EuropeanDefenceUnion.
At the EU envoys conference w/HRVP @kajakallas.bsky.social & NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on the next steps to make NATO’s European pillar stronger.
We need a paradigm & mind shift, investments, innovations, industrial production & speed!
At the EU envoys conference w/HRVP @kajakallas.bsky.social & NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on the next steps to make NATO’s European pillar stronger.
We need a paradigm & mind shift, investments, innovations, industrial production & speed!
Instead of waiting for war to unite us, let’s create a #EuropeanDefenceUnion to finally unite our efforts to prevent war.
Instead of waiting for #Trump's mood of the day, let’s strengthen the #European defence industry, close capability gaps and support the Eastern flank.
Instead of waiting for #Trump's mood of the day, let’s strengthen the #European defence industry, close capability gaps and support the Eastern flank.
May 26, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Instead of waiting for war to unite us, let’s create a #EuropeanDefenceUnion to finally unite our efforts to prevent war.
Instead of waiting for #Trump's mood of the day, let’s strengthen the #European defence industry, close capability gaps and support the Eastern flank.
Instead of waiting for #Trump's mood of the day, let’s strengthen the #European defence industry, close capability gaps and support the Eastern flank.
The world has changed.
Europe must be able to defend itself — and that starts with a stronger defence industry.
Today, we launch a Mini-Omnibus to incentivise defence-related investments in the EU budget.
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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#EUDefenceIndustry #EuropeanDefenceUnion
Europe must be able to defend itself — and that starts with a stronger defence industry.
Today, we launch a Mini-Omnibus to incentivise defence-related investments in the EU budget.
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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#EUDefenceIndustry #EuropeanDefenceUnion
EU budget set for defence-related boost under new regulation*
New targeted amendments to existing EU funding programmes will support faster, more flexible and coordinated investments in Europe's defence technological and industrial base (EDTIB).
ec.europa.eu
April 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The world has changed.
Europe must be able to defend itself — and that starts with a stronger defence industry.
Today, we launch a Mini-Omnibus to incentivise defence-related investments in the EU budget.
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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#EUDefenceIndustry #EuropeanDefenceUnion
Europe must be able to defend itself — and that starts with a stronger defence industry.
Today, we launch a Mini-Omnibus to incentivise defence-related investments in the EU budget.
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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#EUDefenceIndustry #EuropeanDefenceUnion
European Federalists
The #EuropeanParliament calls for a genuine #EuropeanDefenceUnion — with broad cross-party support
A real step forward: EU command structure, joint planning, military mobility & use of Art. 42(7) TEU
UEF welcomes this progress: it’s time to turn coordination into federation
The #EuropeanParliament calls for a genuine #EuropeanDefenceUnion — with broad cross-party support
A real step forward: EU command structure, joint planning, military mobility & use of Art. 42(7) TEU
UEF welcomes this progress: it’s time to turn coordination into federation
October 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
European Federalists
The #EuropeanParliament calls for a genuine #EuropeanDefenceUnion — with broad cross-party support
A real step forward: EU command structure, joint planning, military mobility & use of Art. 42(7) TEU
UEF welcomes this progress: it’s time to turn coordination into federation
The #EuropeanParliament calls for a genuine #EuropeanDefenceUnion — with broad cross-party support
A real step forward: EU command structure, joint planning, military mobility & use of Art. 42(7) TEU
UEF welcomes this progress: it’s time to turn coordination into federation
Op #EuropeDay zal ons gezamenlijke pleidooi van leden van het Europees Parlement om eindelijk serieus werk te maken van onze gezamenlijke Europese defensie worden gepubliceerd in heel Europa waaronder in @fd.nl #EuropeanDefenceUnion davekeating.substack.com/p/meps-set-u...
Rutte is wrong, MEPs say – and they've set up a defence group to challenge him
"Member states keep talking for years about greater European defence capability, yet in Brussels they block even the first practical steps," says the EU Parliament's defence committee chair.
davekeating.substack.com
May 8, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Op #EuropeDay zal ons gezamenlijke pleidooi van leden van het Europees Parlement om eindelijk serieus werk te maken van onze gezamenlijke Europese defensie worden gepubliceerd in heel Europa waaronder in @fd.nl #EuropeanDefenceUnion davekeating.substack.com/p/meps-set-u...
#vonderLeyen - We all wish we could live in more peaceful times. But I am confident that, if we unleash our industrial power, we can restore deterrence against those who seek to do us harm. It is time to build a #EuropeanDefenceUnion that ensures peace on our continent ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Speech by President von der Leyen at the European Parliament Plenary joint debate on European Council meetings and European Security
“Check against delivery”
Thank you, dear Roberta,
Honourable Members,
Alcide de Gasperi said: ‘We do not just need peace among us, but to build a common defence. This is not to threaten or conquer, b
ec.europa.eu
March 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM
#vonderLeyen - We all wish we could live in more peaceful times. But I am confident that, if we unleash our industrial power, we can restore deterrence against those who seek to do us harm. It is time to build a #EuropeanDefenceUnion that ensures peace on our continent ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
The @ec.europa.eu presented the #WhitePaper for European Defence Readiness, focusing on boosting EU Defence Industry capacities, but failing to acknowledge the crucial role of #militarypersonnel, leaving a significant gap in the making of the #EuropeanDefenceUnion.
euromil.org/euromils-cri...
euromil.org/euromils-cri...
EUROMIL’s Criticism of the White Paper on European Defence: A Missed Opportunity - EUROMIL
On 19 March 2025, the European Commission’s released the long-awaited White Paper on the Future of European Defence which has raised serious concerns within EUROMIL. The Paper was presented by the HRV...
euromil.org
March 19, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The @ec.europa.eu presented the #WhitePaper for European Defence Readiness, focusing on boosting EU Defence Industry capacities, but failing to acknowledge the crucial role of #militarypersonnel, leaving a significant gap in the making of the #EuropeanDefenceUnion.
euromil.org/euromils-cri...
euromil.org/euromils-cri...
March 17, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Een sterk en tijdig signaal op #EuropeDay. EUROMIL steunt dit initiatief en de oproep om de Europese defensiesamenwerking te versterken. Een geloofwaardige Europese defensie vereist ook investeringen in personeel, weerbaarheid, rekrutering en duurzame strijdkrachten. #EuropeanDefenceUnion
May 8, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Een sterk en tijdig signaal op #EuropeDay. EUROMIL steunt dit initiatief en de oproep om de Europese defensiesamenwerking te versterken. Een geloofwaardige Europese defensie vereist ook investeringen in personeel, weerbaarheid, rekrutering en duurzame strijdkrachten. #EuropeanDefenceUnion
The future of the #EuropeanDefenceUnion is not only an industry discussion! A missed opportunity!
The @ec.europa.eu presented the #WhitePaper for European Defence Readiness, focusing on boosting EU Defence Industry capacities, but failing to acknowledge the crucial role of #militarypersonnel, leaving a significant gap in the making of the #EuropeanDefenceUnion.
euromil.org/euromils-cri...
euromil.org/euromils-cri...
EUROMIL’s Criticism of the White Paper on European Defence: A Missed Opportunity - EUROMIL
On 19 March 2025, the European Commission’s released the long-awaited White Paper on the Future of European Defence which has raised serious concerns within EUROMIL. The Paper was presented by the HRV...
euromil.org
March 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The future of the #EuropeanDefenceUnion is not only an industry discussion! A missed opportunity!