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
lobbying and revolving doors
Online event: ‘From war lobby to war economy How the arms industry shapes European policies’ – 07/12 at 5pm
On Tuesday 14 November, EU Defence ministers called for enhancing the arms industry access to public and private finance and avoiding ‘discrimination’ based on the ESG criteria. In the EU’s initial long-term budget for 2014-2020, not a single euro was to go directly to the arms industry. By the end of 2020, half a billion … 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
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
ENAAT Newsletter: Strategic Compass and sustainable finance a boon for the arms industry
the latest ENAAT newsletter, ‘News from the Brussels’ Bubble’ provides an overview of EU defence-related initiatives taken over the last two months, how they are connected and what it says about priorities, from the Strategic Compass to the Versailles Declaration and the EC Defence Package. It also shows what the next battle of the arms … Read More
‘Fanning the Flames: how the EU is fuelling a new arms race’ – New report
We release today our new report ‘Fanning the Flames: how the EU is fuelling a new arms race’, in collaboration with TNI Days after European leaders agreed to drastically increase military spending at the Versailles Summit,our report reveals how the EU’s first defence programmes worth almost €600 million are marred in conflicts of interest, corruption allegations, and fall significantly short of meeting the most … Read More
17/03, 11am CET: ENAAT and TNI launch new report on EU Defence Fund implementation
Las week at the ‘Versailles informal Summit’, EU leaders agreed to “bolstering [their] defence capabilities” by “increasing substantially defence expenditures” and focusing on investment and collaborative development of capabilities. In other words, more money should be poured to the arms industry for developing weaponry. ENAAT and TNI are publishing on Thursday 17 March a very timely … Read More
Lobby transparency: all groups should report lobby expenses the same way
ENAAT has co-signed with over 20 organisations a letter to EU Commissioner Jorouva, calling her to boost lobby transparency. In particular private companies and non-profit organisations should report lobby expenses the same way. The current proposal would over-represent expenses from non-profit organisations like ENAAT (by declaring their total budget), while private companies could report only … Read More
Former EDA chief joined Airbus Security & Defence Spain without authorisation
EU Defence Agency under pressure to change rules after Airbus revolving doors scandal “The Ombudsman is concerned about the potential risk of conflicts of interest.” These concerns led the European Ombudsman’s office to launch an inquiry into the European Defence Agency’s handling of the request by its former Chief Executive to allow him to become a lobbyist … Read More