New research shows European universities’ cooperation with Israel in EU security research programmes

17th noviembre 2023By Laëtitia SédouEuropean Union, Finance, Middle East

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

Online event: ‘From war lobby to war economy How the arms industry shapes European policies’ – 07/12 at 5pm

16th noviembre 2023By Laëtitia SédouEuropean Union, lobbying and revolving doors, Publications

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

7th noviembre 2023By Laëtitia SédouArms exports, European Union, Finance, lobbying and revolving doors, Press release

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

NBB #2023-06: a new EU Defence Production Act to come and up to €20bn for an Assistance Fund for Ukraine

5th septiembre 2023By Laëtitia Sédouarticles, European Union

The latest ENAAT Newsletter is available here: ENAAT NBB 2023-06_04.09.2023 The main news are the announcement of a possible EU Defence Production Act to be proposed by end of the year, as well as a special Assistance Fund for Ukraine up to €20 billion in 2024-2027 Summary EU funding for the arms industry – A ‘European Defence … Read More