Europe is the second most militarized region in the world, with a military budget that surpasses China’s and is three times that of Russia. Additionally, the EU’s budget for security and defense has tripled over the past two decades, reaching 19.5 billion euros in the current framework program. The Delàs Center for Peace Studies, in … Read More
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News From the Brussels’ Bubble 2024-04
Our latest Newsletter is now available here: ENAAT NBB 2024-04_12.07.2024 Enjoy the reading!
22 CSOs urge EIB to stop lending to companies selling military equipment to Israel
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
ENAAT Newsletter 2024-03: “Bullets not bees”
Our latest News from the Brussels’ Bubble is now out: ENAAT NBB 2024-03_31.05.2024 SUMMARY EU funding for the arms industry – Negotiations for new EU defence industry programme likely to face delay – EU defence Fund: results of 2023 calls – EDF: naval & space technology dominate, 2024 calls shift towards conventional warfare – EIB revise … Read More
23/04: EUROPEAN MILITARY SPENDING & THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY: SQUARING THE CIRCLE
On Tuesday 23 April, from 16:00 to 17:15 CEST (10:00 New York – 19:30 New Delhi – 22:00 Manila) Join us to debate European military spending in 2023 and how it harms peace and the planet How much has the European continent spent on the military in 2023? How is EU militarisation exacerbating military spending? Why … Read More
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
ENAAT Newsletter 2024-01: “war & borders before climate & foreign aid”
The first 2024 issue of our newsletter “News from the Brussels’ Bubble” is out. Read it here: ENAAT NBB 2024-01_09.02.2024 SUMMARY: EU Funding for the arms industry – Public consultation on EU Defence Fund review is open till 21st February – 2024 EDF calls to focus on next gen-helicopters & cargo planes, hypersonic threats and unmanned/autonomous systems … 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
NBB #2023-08: Ombudsman opens inquiry on EDF independent experts & risks of conflicts of interest
The latest ENAAT Newsletter is available here: ENAAT NBB 2023-08_17.11.2023 The main news are the Ombudsman inquiry into how the EC ensures independent experts assessing EDF projects do not have conflicts of interest, EU Defence Industry Strategy expected early 2024, and EU Defence ministers calling for better access to (sustainable) finance for arms industry Summary EU funding … 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