“We lack tanks, armored vehicles, artillery”: the EU introduced a new defense strategy Sofia Nazarenko Yaroslav, clogged theses < ul > < Li > the European Commission introduced the new defense strategy “White Book”, which calls for EU countries to increase military spending to 3.5% of GDP without replacing NATO. < Li > Rearm Europe plan provides for investments of 800 billion euros for the implementation of defense initiatives, including the modernization of military infrastructure and the development of advanced technologies.
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~ 60 > at the same time they say that this is not replacing NATO membership and does not affect the sovereign of the European Union Member States. This was announced by Andryus Cubillus at the Safety Forum in Warsaw, the correspondent reports < Strong > 24 channels . ~ 60 >< h2 class = "News-Subtitle Cke-Markup "> what is the new EU defense strategy< p >According to the European Commissioner, Brussels really has a plan to increase the military budgets of the EU countries – < Strong > at least to 3.5% of GDP . Now the average level of expenses reaches 2%, and the only leader is Poland that spends 4.7% of GDP.
~ 60 > among plans – expanding the production of weapons, which is critically lacking in Europe. However, they plan to focus on the internal development of the defense industry in order to reduce the dependence on external suppliers.
< p class = "Bloquote Cke-Markup" > we lack thousands of tanks, armored vehicles, artillery and high-tech defense equipment. We need to close the gaps, first of all, due to the mass production of what we already produce, ”Cubilyus emphasized.
< p >The EU will also focus on the development of critical air transportation, refueling in the air and space systems. Separately, the strategy has the priority of the eastern borders – in Poland they are already working on the Vostochny Shield project. The European Commissioner noted that the defense of Europe needs to not only talk, but to implement ready -made decisions.
~ 60 > “We must understand that Putin cannot be stopped if we simply read to him the” White Book “. It will be restrained only when we turn the” White Book “into action, – noted it, – said European Commissioner.
60 ~ H2 Class = “News-Subtitle Cke-Markup” > Is the European Commission to replace NATO < H2 >~ 60 > European Commission presented the rearm europe plan directed to The implementation of large -scale defense initiatives with < strong > total budget of 800 billion euros for the coming years. A significant part of these funds, namely 150 billion euros, will be used to provide loans that will be financed by joint defense projects.~ 60 > in particular, we are talking about the modernization of military infrastructure, the development of advanced technologies, including unmanned systems and means of counteracting them, as well as strengthening military mobility and protection The boundaries of the European Union.
~ 60 > Cubillus noted that < Strong > European Commission does not plan to replace NATO , and national security remains the state policy of each EU member countries. For his part, Brussels is ready to offer means and coordination.~ 60 > “European Union is our economic power. NATO, together with member countries, here for military defense,” said Andryus Cubilyus. 62 ~ to the word, also to the word. It became known that the EU is working on its own satellite communication system Iris², which should replace Starlink. However, it will be available only from 2029.
