European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is in favor of the idea of a Defense Commissioner. A new Commission - which will, like the current one, have 27 members, one per state - will be formed after the June elections.
Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton is currently also responsible for defense industries, which he is striving to ensure since the Russian offensive in Ukraine. The words of former American President Donald Trump, who raised the possibility of no longer defending NATO countries reluctant to invest in their defense, have also rekindled in recent days the debate on a strengthening of " strategic autonomy” of the EU.