Open Letter to European Council on Security and Defence Plans

March 9 and 10 2017 the European Council met to talk, amongst others about plans to directly finance arms industry research with money from EU funds, as proposed in the Implementation Plan for Security and Defence of the EU Global Strategy and the EU Defence Action Plan. ENAAT wrote an Open letter to the Council: The EU should lead the way towards the peaceful resolution of conflicts, rather than contribute to a new arms race which mainly benefits the arms industry.

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Peace and Disarmament in Europe: For shared détente, peace and security

Europe is the second most militarized region in the world, with a military budget that surpasses China’s and is three times that of Russia. Additionally, the EU’s budget for security and defense has tripled over the past two decades, reaching 19.5 billion euros in the current framework program. The Delàs Center for Peace Studies, in collaboration with the European Network Against Arms Trade (ENAAT), analyzes Europe’s militarization and proposes alternatives to European security policies in the publication “Peace and Disarmament in Europe: For shared détente, peace and security”.

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