ENAAT joined Counter Balance call urging the EIB to stop lending to companies selling military equipment to Israel, align with intl law & reverse expansion of military lending. Financing companies that deliver weapons to Israël enables violations of international law & war crimes in Gaza . Read more about the context here Read the letter: 2024_EIB – … Read More
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30 CSOs urge the EIB to not support the military-industrial complex
Today 30 CSOs, including ENAAT. urge the European Investment Bank to firmly reject increasing support for the military-industrial complex. the Bank’s mandate is to prioritise social and climate investments to meet people’s needs and fight the climate crisis, not to fund the wealthy military industry. The defence lobby should not exploit current world conflicts to secure EIB … Read More
‘From war Lobby to war economy’, new ENAAT report
Today ENAAT is launching its new report “From war lobby to war economy, How the arms industry shapes European policies”. *Watch our launch event here if you missed it!* The EU arms industry has been fostering increasingly close ties with EU policy-makers and institutions, driving new steps in EU militarisation and now shamelessly exploiting the … Read More
EDF 2021 projects fit ill with EU’s founding principles and values and will boost military spending in Europe
The Centre Delàs, a member of ENAAT, launched today a new Working Paper in cooperation with ENAAT, GCOMS and the International Peace Bureau, which analyses the first R&D projects of the European Defence Fund (EDF), a crucial piece of the process of militarisation begun by the EU several years ago The EDF is set to greatly boost military spending in Europe, … Read More
New research shows European universities’ cooperation with Israel in EU security research programmes
The European Union has several research cooperation funding programs, which are open to some non-EU countries including Israel. Stop Wapenhandel made an overview of all the cooperation under FP7, Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe with the three major Israeli arms companies (Elbit, IAI and Rafael) and with the Israeli Ministry of Defence and Ministry of … Read More
How does the EU spend its billions on cutting-edge security and weapons research? Check the OSDE platform
The public platform Open Security Data Europe has been updated to include recent funding information from the European Defence Fund, the EU weapons development fund, and Horizon Europe, the EU’s flagship civilian research and innovation funding program. Open Security Data Europe gives a unique overview of which companies, research centres and public agencies receive EU … Read More
ENAAT calls MEPs to reject EU funding for proliferation of ammunition & missiles
The European Network Against Arms Trade sent today an Open letter to Euro-parliamentarians, urging them to vote against the proposal of EU funding for the arms industry to boost their production of ammunition ad missiles. Read the Open letter here in English and in French ENAAT calls on MEPs, and those members of the negotiating team in … Read More
Online event: European military spending harms peace and the planet
When: Thursday 08 June, 5pm to 6.15pm CET Join us on Thursday 8 June to know more about how a growing European military spending is a threat to peace and the planet, and who are the main profiteers of the war economy, with the presentation of our data collection work on the top European arms … Read More
New publication now in 8 languages: ‘How the EU is funding arms dealers and corrupt corporations’
Our latest fact-sheet is now available in 8 languages > read it in Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, and Spanish In 2017, the EU approved the funding of military research and the development of new arms and technologies, breaking the red line that the EU should not fund military activities with the community budget. Over half a … Read More
News from the Brussels’ Bubble, #2022-05
The latest issue of the EU project newsletter summarises the main news about EU funding for the arms industry and other aspects of EU militarisation over the last month ENAAT NBB 2022-5_02.12.22
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