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 outcomes of EU Summit: climate change and Conference on the Future of Europe
– News from PESCO, Eurodrone & Defence Fund
This new edition of our ‘News from the Brussels’ Bubble’ focuses on the REARM Europe plan, intending to bring European militarisation to a different scale. Read it here: NBB2025-1, 07/03/2025 summary: EU funding for the arms industry– Negotiations on EDIP still stalled one year after proposal publication– EDF 2025 prioritise ground systems, incl. mass production of kamikaze drones– “EU defense industry lobbying soars” – Politico confirms findings of our 2023 report– “Omnibus for defence”, or how to facilitate arms dealers’ business, including exports?– EIB coming shift in lending policy: all but lethal weapons and no more ceiling Other
(read the press release in French) 05 March 2025 – Today the European Network Against Arms Trade (ENAAT) launches its new website (www.enaat.org), a unique tool for information and critical analysis about European arms exports and EU policies supporting the military industry, and how they exacerbate the global arms race. On this International Day for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Awareness, and on the eve of the special European Summit on defence which is expected to confirm an unprecedented drive for rearmament at the EU level, in contradiction with the original idea of a Union conceived as a ‘peace project’,
In this report, the Center Delàs d’Estudis per la Pau and the European Network Against Arms Trade (ENAAT) highlight the opacity of the projects benefiting from the first round of financing of the European Defense Fund. This research discuss transparency issues during the Mid-Term review of the EDF projects funded under the 2021 Call of the European Comission (EC), focusing on a representative sample of 6 projects. The investigation shows that the problematic aspects already detected in the initial PADR and EDIDP calls have not improved, being as questionable and controversial as in their day, and even with