The European Defence Fund will merely benefit the industry and trigger arms race in autonomous weapons, says ENAAT

Today the European Commission released its proposals for the Security and Defence heading under the next EU long-term budget. They confirm an unprecedented funding level for security and military priorites, with a Defence Fund jumping by 2200%. “The European Defence Fund will subsidize private actors for the Research & Development of controversial weaponry, which will then be used or exported according to industrial or strategic national interests”, warns the European Network Against Arms Trade.

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