ENAAT participated in an International Delegation to investigate the flow of guns and light weapons to Mexico, and how this contributes to serious human rights violations impacting all of the Mexican people. The mission took place from 18 to 25 February 2023, and participants from ENAAT were Charlotte from Ohne Rüstung Leben (Germany), Francesco Vignarca … Read More
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Press Release: “All you want to know about who benefits from EU military and security funding”
8 November 2022, Brussels (.pdf versions available in English and French) As of today the public platform Open Security Data Europe, listing beneficiaries of EU security funding, expands to EU research and development (R&D) grants in the military field. The database gives a unique overview of which companies, research centres and public agencies receive EU funding … Read More
‘ExitArms’ database reveals EU funded arms producers export to warring parties
This week, the environmental and human rights organizations Facing Finance and Urgewald published the “ExitArms” database: www.exitarms.org. It is the first publicly available, global database on companies supplying arms to warring states. The launch is supported by ENAAT, the European Network Against Arms Trade. So far, the database covers the years 2015 to 2020. It … Read More
Europe’s Day, the EU at a crossroads: choosing peace or militarizing?
09 May 2022, Brussels, Barcelona On Europe’s day, the Global Campaign on Military Spending and the European Network Against Arms Trade call the EU to revert back to its initial aim: preserving and promoting peace through non-violent means. The EU should choose peace and stop feeding the global arms race. … 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
ENAAT calls MEPs to save EU peace project and reject Defence Fund
Today the European Parliament will take a decisive vote for the future of Europe, a vote that will bury or endorse the European Defence Fund. The European Network Against the Arms Trade (ENAAT) calls upon MEPs to stop EU militarisation and save the EU peace project. Will EU parliamentarians save or end the European peace … Read More
Italian government revokes bomb export licenses to Saudi Arabia and UAE
“The Italian government revokes bomb export licenses to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: civil society organizations welcome the decision The export of Italian weapons used in the horrific conflict in Yemen has been permanently stopped. These exports were authorized by licenses issued by the Italian export authority UAMA after the conflict in Yemen … Read More
On Europe Day, GCOMS and ENAAT call the EU to fund peace, not arms dealers
Read the full Press Release in English, French and Spanish On Europe Day, the Global campaign on Military Spending (GCOMS) and the European Network Against Arms Trade (ENAAT) call the EU to fund peace, not arms dealers The way out from the COVID-19 crisis: will the EU work for peace or prepare for war? 8 May 2020, … Read More
Activists protest presence of war criminals at European conference
Today, arms industry representatives and European policy makers are meeting at the European Defence Agency’s annual conference: “Taking European Defence Cooperation to the Next Level”. A Freedom of Information request filed by the Belgian NGO Vredesactie shows that more than 230 arms company representatives received an invitation to the conference. A dozen NGOs and peace organisations … Read More