NBB 2026-2: ‘EU militarisation going wild’

From dedicated funding programmes to diverting civil funds, from deregulation facilitating the business of arms to wave of security & defence partnerships, EU militarisation is going wild in 2026…

Read our latest newsletter here: NBB 2026-2, 27/03/2026

SUMMARY:

ENAAT news

> Global Days Against Military Spending (GDAMS) Campaign to run from April 10 to May 9

> ‘US fighter jets: backbone of European air forces’ – StopWapenhandel blog

EU support for the arms industry

> Deregulating the arms industry: negotiations and EP calls for single market for defence

> A SAFE 2.0 in the pipeline, Polish veto, French frustration and US lobby

> Competitiveness Fund: EC role contested, transparency & traceability questioned

> AGILE: new instrument to fund individual companies including from Ukraine

> News Briefs

Other aspects of European militarisation

> EU summit conclusions, new security strategy, drone security to include UK

> EU security and defence partnerships going wild across the globe

> Military mobility package progress

> Ukraine to open arms export centres across Europe

> News Briefs

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