Today ENAAT is launching its new report “From war lobby to war economy, How the arms industry shapes European policies”. The EU arms industry has been fostering increasingly close ties with EU policy-makers and institutions, driving new steps in EU...
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...
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...
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...
We have updated our fact-sheet about which countries and companies get most of the EU funding for military R&D with recent information published by the European Defence Agency, providing the detailed breakdown per beneficiaries for 3 more projects. No similar...
Press release New report shows complicity of European states in war in Yemen A report published today by the peace organisation Vredesactie shows the full extent of European arms exports to the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen. The war has led...
The European Network Against Arms Trade campaigns against EU militarization and the use of taxpayer money to subsidize the arms industry. Since 2017, the EU has funded military R&D and weapon production, now exceeding ten billion euros. This intensifies the global arms race and diverts resources from addressing root causes of instability. The shift towards a militarized EU contradicts its original peace-oriented vision.