‘Fanning the Flames: how the EU is fuelling a new arms race’ – New report

17th March 2022By Laëtitia SédouEuropean Union, lobbying and revolving doors, Press release

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

14th March 2022By Laëtitia SédouEuropean Union, lobbying and revolving doors, Press release

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

3rd February 2022By Laëtitia SédouEuropean Union, lobbying and revolving doors

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

Présidence française de l’UE et Europe de la défense: au service d’intérêts militaires français?

27th January 2022By Laëtitia SédouEuropean Union

La France préside l’Union Européenne pour 6 mois, et la défense européenne fait partie des grandes priorités du gouvernement, bien que le sujet soit moins évoqué dans les médias. Emmanuel Macron se pose en fer de lance d’une Europe ‘forte’ et unie, mais en pratique il s’agit surtout de favoriser les intérêts stratégiques et industriels … Read More

Latest ENAAT Newsletter “News from the Brussels’ Bubble”

30th November 2021By Laëtitia SédouEuropean Union

The latest Newsletter of the ENAAT EU project is available here: ENAAT NBB 2021-4_-29.11.2021 Main news items: – EU Defence Fund updates: state-of-play and industry-focused experts – Outcomes of the Defence Council meeting (15-16/11/21): Strategic Compass, PESCO, EDA, EIB … In short: – 5 countries to receive “military assistance” (weapons) through the Peace Facility – EC … Read More

Latest ENAAT Newsletter: EDF launch, other EU military initiatives, Defence Council

2nd July 2021By Laëtitia SédouEuropean Union

The latest issue of the ENAAT News from the Brussels’ Bubble is available here: ENAAT NBB 2021-2_01.07.2021 Main news items: – EU Defence Fund and other EU funding sources for security & defence – Main points of the Security and Defence Council conclusions (5-6 May) In short: – NATO summit: elements about EU-NATO relation – “Environmental, … Read More

Former EDA chief joined Airbus Security & Defence Spain without authorisation

28th May 2021By Laëtitia SédouEuropean Union, lobbying and revolving doors

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