The latest issue of the ENAAT News from the Brussels’ Bubble is available here: ENAAT NBB 2021-1_02.02.2021 Main news items: Final deal on next EU long-term budget (MFF2021-2027) paving final adoption of Defence Fund BREXIT: no deal on Foreign policy and defence cooperation In short: arms exports: end-users’ certificates for SALWs, Venezuela, dual-use goods EP report on AI … Read More
Italian government revokes bomb export licenses to Saudi Arabia and UAE
«The Italian government revokes bomb export licenses to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: civil society organizations welcome the decision The export of Italian weapons used in the horrific conflict in Yemen has been permanently stopped. These exports were authorized by licenses issued by the Italian export authority UAMA after the conflict in Yemen … Read More
News from the Brussels’ Bubble: PESCO, Strategic Compass, Peace Facility
The latest issue of the ENAAT Newsletter (News From the Brussels’ Bubble) is out, read it here: ENAAT NBB 2020-4_22.12.2020 Main news items: – EU MoDs informal meeting of 20/11 discussed military capabilities and Strategic Compass – European Peace Facility: political agreement and compromise on lethal equipment exports In short: – Arming EU border guards: a … Read More
NGOs demand Portuguese EU Presidency puts public interest centre stage
ENAAT and 63 civil society organisations have joined Corporate Europe Observatory and Transparency International Portugal to write to the Portuguese Government, which will take on the EU Presidency on January 1st, to set out a series of demands on tackling corporate influence, and promoting lobby transparency, accountability, and democratic reform. The over-influence of the arms industry is … Read More
News from the Brussels’ Bubble: profiteers of EU military funding, EP & military AI
The latest issue of the ENAAT Newsletter (News From the Brussels’ Bubble) is out, read it here: ENAAT NBB 2020-3_27.10.2020 Main news items: – EP Reports on Artificial intelligence: a schizophrenic position? – EP draft Report on the 2009 Procurement and Transfer Directives – EU support to the arms industry: EU Defence Fund and other forms … Read More
Who gets most of EU funding for military research and development?
4 countries get 53.5% of the grants allocated so far: France, Italy, Spain and Germany, which are also the main EU arms exporters. Thales gets 15 grants, and 7 companies of the top 10 were members of the Group of Personalities that advised the European Commission to create this funding, in 2016. Considering the poor … Read More
EU funding for arms industry to be barely impacted by COVID-19 crisis, ENAAT newsletter special edition
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