The purpose of this fact-sheet is to look at the sales and profits of the 15 main European arms producers in 2022, and see to what extent they are profiting from the current war and the billions of euros in EU subsidies justified by support for Ukraine.
The devastating and unfair nature of (any) war should not prevent us from taking a look at what is happening behind the scenes, and observing who benefits from the misfortune of others.
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Europe is the second most militarized region in the world, with a military budget that surpasses China’s and is three times that of Russia. Additionally, the EU’s budget for security and defense has tripled over the past two decades, reaching 19.5 billion euros in the current framework program. The Delàs Center for Peace Studies, in collaboration with the European Network Against Arms Trade (ENAAT), analyzes Europe’s militarization and proposes alternatives to European security policies in the publication “Peace and Disarmament in Europe: For shared détente, peace and security”.
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