Essential parts of the brand new EU coverage embrace favoring weapons manufacturing throughout the bloc and “like-minded third-country firms,” encouraging joint purchases of arms, making it simpler to finance protection tasks, specializing in key areas the place the bloc has a capability shortfall like air protection and army mobility, and slashing pink tape on protection investments.
Russia’s actions are the driving power behind the brand new coverage.
“Russia is an existential menace to the Union and given its previous document of invading its neighbours and its present expansionist insurance policies, the necessity to deter from Russian armed aggression will stay even after a simply and lasting peace settlement with Ukraine,” the draft says.
The speedy precedence is to make sure that Ukraine can proceed keeping off Russian assaults.
“With out important further army sources, notably now that the US has suspended its assist, Ukraine wouldn’t be capable to negotiate a simply and lasting peace from a place of power,” the paper says.
The shift in U.S. coverage towards Ukraine, Europe and NATO is famous all through the 20-page doc, which states: “Europe can not take the US safety assure as a right and should considerably step up its contribution to protect NATO.”
