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“It is prudent of us to be planning,” said the EU's top General Seán Clancy

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“The properties form part of one of the channels for hybrid influence operations,” Defence Minister Antti Häkkänen said

“If the 46 signatories cannot agree on reform, then withdrawal is a reasonable solution,” he said

Cameroon's Paul Biya has extended his 43-year rule by winning a heavily disputed election.

Vietnam’s message to the world is one of openness, trust, and cooperation - principles that increasingly define its growing partnership with the European Union.

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The European Commission and the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) have launched the European Advanced Materials Academy to train 200,000 people by 2029 to future-proof Europe’s workforce. The new Academy will support the preparation of the Advanced Materials Act, which is going to be presented by the European Commission next year. The rough […]

Kazakhstan is turning its renewable potential into a crucial link for Europe’s energy transition

Written by Sebastian Clapp.

The United States (US) Defense Industrial Base (DIB) is the world’s largest, comprising over 60 000 companies and 1.17 million employees. It is dominated by five major corporations – Lockheed Martin, RTX, General Dynamics, Boeing and Northrop Grumman – which together account for around one third of US Department of Defense (DoD) contracts and half of the revenue of the top 100 defence companies in the world. While the DIB sustains US technological dominance, it faces challenges linked to market consolidation, supply chain resilience and workforce shortages. The 2023 Biden administration’s National Defense Industrial Strategy seeks to address these issues, among other things, through enhanced supply chain resilience, workforce development and flexible acquisition. However, experts expect vast changes, including for the DIB, in strategy under the new Trump administration’s national defence strategy that is currently being developed.

By contrast, the European defence technological and industrial base (EDTIB) remains fragmented, and has been under-invested in for decades. In 2024, EU defence spending reached €343 billion, roughly 2.5 times less than the US level (around €864 billion in 2024), with a large part of procurement sourced from the US. The 2024 European defence industrial strategy and the European defence industry programme aim to strengthen European defence industrial sovereignty, promote collaborative procurement, and emphasise a ‘Buy European’ approach. The European Parliament supports close EU–US cooperation but insists that EU programmes must primarily reinforce the EDTIB and increase strategic autonomy.

Read the complete briefing on ‘United States Defense Industrial Base: How does it differ from the European defence technological and industrial base?‘ in the Think Tank pages of the European Parliament.

As Brussels readies its Digital Networks Act, experts warn against overreach and call for balance

Ministers warn EU plans risk fragmenting the CAP and pushing green goals out of reach

Chinese officials also sought to ease tensions between Beijing and Berlin on Monday, with a foreign ministry spokesperson stressing their “mutually beneficial” relationship

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Concerns focus on the Commission's bid to add a NIS2 supplement into the EU Space Act

The findings come as the Brussels already rushing to spend hundreds of billions before the loan expires in 2026

"The European Commission is taking very chaotic steps and chaotic statements," Czechia's Agriculture Minister said

Swedish police estimated in 2024 that 1,700 under-18s were active members of criminal networks