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What we invest in defense actually shows how we value defense. And for that past decade we haven't put a very high importance on it,
said EU foreign representative Kaja Kallas when she presented the bloc's new defense strategy in Brussels on Wednesday We have to rearm ourselves, because otherwise we will be the next victim of Russian aggression,
said Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda It is important to take into account that the challenges that we face in the southern neighbourhood are a bit different to the ones that the eastern flank face,
said Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez I'd say joint bonds are not off the table but for that conversation we need a new government in Germany,
The Netherlands does have a few boundaries and they are very logical boundaries we have always had,
Schoof told reporters in Brussels We are open for more discussions how we can find even more finances,
she said as leaders gathered for a summit in Brussels There remains a lot of uncertainty about the actual volumes of shells that will be produced, beyond words and letters of intent,
said Mael Le Goff of the CGT union Even though we can never be happy about war-related business, new defence orders can help some automotive sites that are suffering from a lack of work,
said Jean-Francois Nanda, a representative with the CFDT union When you know how to make cars, you can make military vehicles, drones; many companies can do that,
said Jean-Michel Jacques, a member of parliament for the administrative area of Morbihan, where the foundry is located I'm assuming we have roughly five years ahead of us, not 15,
Europe needs Britain's defence industry a bit more than the French need a few extra fish.
A senior Government source told The Times It sounds like the EU defence budget will exclude any spending outside of the EU. That’s a pretty big blow from what was expected over the last weeks and months isn’t it?”
Sky News host Wilfred Frost said That’s headline spending, and obviously those countries can spend it how they see fit. But you’re saying your expectation always was that not a penny of the 150 billion Euros of mooted EU defence spending would likely be spent on UK companies, and we’re fine with that?”
I am conscious of the fact that things could move quite quickly,
The idea is that it has to be of defence relevance,
a second senior EU official said The debate went already very broad and now, of course, what you're seeing is specific member states coming with their own specific ideas on what else should be considered as defence,
one senior EU official said There are different capabilities from different countries, but those are the operational discussions that are going on in relation to what this coalition of the willing will be able to provide,
Regardless of the ongoing negotiations for peace in Ukraine, this is a long-term investment in [response to] a long-term plan of aggression,
Kallas said, referring to a Russian economy, which she said was in "full war mode" with 40% of its federal budget going on military expenditure If Russia is allowed to achieve its goals in Ukraine, its territorial claims will expand, ... Russia will remain a fundamental threat to the security of Europe for the foreseeable future."
warned the EU Commission in the white paper, ... adding: The British defence industry is so much intertwined with ours [in the EU],
a senior EU diplomat said
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