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

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 September, art. 42.7 & Defence Union
  • Institutional rivalries: VDL centralisation versus EDA strengthening
  • Ukraine loan pays for drones and may include UK, EPF reimbursements
  • News Briefs

more news

“Security for Whom?” CSOs call EU leaders to move the money from the military to human security

18 June 2026

Ahead of the European Council held on 18 & 19 of June, where leaders will discuss the next EU budgetary cycle, civil society organisations from across the spectrum urge EU decision-makers to reject the military budget surge and invest in human security instead Open Letter initiated by TNI, ENAAT, Stop ReArm Europe 17 June 2026 Dear Heads of States and Governments, In the run-up to the next European Council taking place this week, at which you will discuss the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF 2028–2034), with a view to reaching a final agreement by the end of the

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Who profits from EU subsidies for the arms industry and where they export: read our fact-sheet

8 June 2026

Who profits from EU subsidies for the arms industry? Find out below which countries and companies benefit the most from the EU Defence Fund (EDF) and the Ammunition fund (ASAP), and where they export. More information and detailed data are available in the public platform Open Security Data Europe Companies European Defence Fund (EDF) After the first three years of the EDF, about a thousand different entities (companies, research institutes, universities, government agencies and a few CSOs) have received funding. It is clear that a large portion of the money goes to a small set of large arms companies.

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