NBB special edition: New EC proposal for MFF 2021-2027 EU funding for the military industry to be barely impacted by COVID-19 Read here: News from the Brussels’ Bubble #2020-2, 1st June 2020 Arms industry won first battle and is well placed for negotiations to come – pro-defence lobby saved basics: EC proposes €8bn EU Defence … Read More
News From the Brussels’ Bubble: Defence Fund, COVID-19 and EU militarisation
the latest issue of the ENAAT Newsletter (News From the Brussels’ Bubble) is out, read it here: ENAAT NBB 2020-1_18.05.2020 Main news items: – Negotiations on EU budget 2021-2027 + COVID-19: can we expect a significant decrease of EU military-related expenses? – EU funding for military research 2017-2020: ethical flaws, new calls and new projects selected … Read More
On Europe Day, GCOMS and ENAAT call the EU to fund peace, not arms dealers
Read the full Press Release in English, French and Spanish On Europe Day, the Global campaign on Military Spending (GCOMS) and the European Network Against Arms Trade (ENAAT) call the EU to fund peace, not arms dealers The way out from the COVID-19 crisis: will the EU work for peace or prepare for war? 8 May 2020, … Read More
«Will the EU fight for peace or prepare for war? It can’t have it both ways» writes ENAAT
On April 24, the International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace, EU High representative Josep Borrell declared that «the world that will emerge from this crisis will look very different from the one we know« and «will depend on what we are going to do now». The EU bears a large responsibility for how this future … Read More
News from the Brussels’ Bubble latest issue: who benefits from EU military research funding?
the latest Newsletter of the ENAAT EU programme is available here: ENAAT NBB 2019-5_23.12.2019 Main news items: – Who benefited most of the PADR in 2017-2018? – The new DG DEFIS (DEFence Industry and Space) will start on January 1st In short: – Finnish proposal for next MFF cuts by half EU Defence Fund – Main … Read More
Activists protest presence of war criminals at European conference
Today, arms industry representatives and European policy makers are meeting at the European Defence Agency’s annual conference: “Taking European Defence Cooperation to the Next Level”. A Freedom of Information request filed by the Belgian NGO Vredesactie shows that more than 230 arms company representatives received an invitation to the conference. A dozen NGOs and peace organisations … Read More
News from the Brussels’ Bubble latest issue: the new Commission
the latest Newsletter of the ENAAT EU programme is available here: ENAAT NBB 2019-4_15.11.2019 News items: EU Commission 2019-2024: controversial French Commissioner to lead new DG Defence Industry & Space main outcomes of EU Defence Ministers meeting of 12 November possible postponement of next MFF would also postpone Defence Fund 2021-2027 Adoption of EU Annual … Read More
New report by Vredesactie shows complicity of European states in war in Yemen
Press release New report shows complicity of European states in war in Yemen A report published today by the peace organisation Vredesactie shows the full extent of European arms exports to the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen. The war has led to the worst humanitarian crisis in the world and has been mostly sustained by European … Read More
MEPs concerned with peace should worry about the new ‘Defence Industry & Space’ unit
At Commissioner-designate Syvie Goulard’s hearing on Wednesday, MEPs should question the over-influence of the arms industry and the impact of the new DG for “Defence Industry & Space” on peace. On 2 October, the European Parliament committee for Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) will hear the French Commissioner-designate Sylvie Goulard, whose Internal Market portfolio will … Read More
Civil society letter to new Euro-parliamentarians: the EU peace project is under threat
Today, 62 civil society organisations active in a wide range of areas (peace, environment, human rights, science, development, health, humanitarian aid, transparency…) wrote to the Members of the newly elected European Parliament, urging them to save the EU peace project: «Since 2017, EU funds have been diverted for military-related spending, with a €590 million envelope … Read More