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
News from the Brussels’ Bubble, #2023-01
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. Enjoy the reading! ENAAT NBB 2023-01_15.02.2023 SUMMARY EU funding for the arms industry – EU funding for joint acquisitions: debate on tripled budget, non-EU weapons and … Read More
War in Ukraine, cover for EU’s all-out militarisation
“European security and defence has evolved more in the last six days than in the last two decades” claimed Ursula Von der Leyen just one week after Russian troops entered Ukraine in 2022, while Josep Borrell declared 2 days later that “with the invasion of Ukraine (…) we need to be more than a ‘soft … Read More
News from the Brussels’ Bubble, #2022-06
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 (December 2022) ENAAT NBB 2022-6_31.12.2022
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
New publication: ‘How the EU is funding arms dealers and corrupt corporations’
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 billion Euros went to military research and development (R&D) through two precursor programmes: the Preparatory Action for Defence … Read More
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
Online relaunch of Open Security Data Europe “Who benefits from EU military and security funding?”
The European Network Against Arms Trade invites you to the online relaunch of Open Security Data Europe “Who benefits from EU military and security funding?” When: Tuesday 08 November, 14:30 CET 14:30: Presentation of the public data platform Open Security Data Europe 14:40: EU funding for civilian security: for what and for whom? 14:50: Main … Read More
“News from the Brussels’ Bubble” latest issue is online
The latest ENAAT newsletter is now available under a new format: with EU militarisation expanding and accelerating, more information is to be addressed in a timely manner. Read it here, and the previous editions here The ENAAT EU project newsletter ‘News from the Brussels’ Bubble’ will now be issued every month, presenting a list of short news with links … Read More