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 one of the main concerns when it comes to recent developments of the EU Defence policy.

Read the full letter in English and Portuguese

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Workshop ‘The arms industry inefficiency to provide human security’

13 November 2026

The Delas Centre for Peace Studies and the European Network Against Arms Trade (ENAAT) invite you to a workshop on “The arms industry inefficiency to provide human security”, hosted by MEP Marc Botenga (The Left, Belgium), to discuss the role of the arms industry in providing human security and economic development.  The workshop will take place in the European Parliament (room SPAAK 1C51) on Tuesday 1st December, from 10 am to 12:00pm CET.  > Register here before Tuesday 24/11 More information A recent report from the Centre Delàs, “Europe’s arms build-up and the inefficiency of the war industry”,

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NBB 2026-4: ‘the never ending story of privileges for arms dealers’

15 July 2026

This month from Brussels’ arms bubble funding for the military seems like a never-ending story, deregulation is progressing slowly but surely, and institutional rivalries persist… Read our latest ENAAT Newsletter here: ENAAT NBB 2026-4, 10/07/2026 SUMMARY: News from ENAAT & members Factsheet 1 | EU Military Spending until 2027, From ‘Peace Project’ to Arms Investor Factsheet 2 | Military and related spending in the MFF 2028–34 proposal EU support for the arms industry The never ending funding for the arms industry Deregulation for the arms industry News Briefs Other aspects of european militarization New security strategy postponed to

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