At the heart of the defense strategy "there must be a simple principle: Europe must spend more, spend better, spend in a European way. In the coming weeks we will present some proposals with the first European industrial strategy for defence. One of the central objectives will be to give priority to joint procurement in the defense sector. Just like we did with vaccines or natural gas."
This was announced by the President of the EU Commission Ursula von der Leyen speaking at the plenary of the European Chamber.
“This will help us reduce fragmentation and increase interoperability. But to do this we need to collectively send a strong signal to the industry. For this reason we will evaluate how to facilitate off-take agreements or advance purchase agreements where we provide guarantees. This would give our defense companies that are stable and predictable in the long term. We will increase support for industrial ramp-up, as we are doing now with ammunition through the ASAP program," explained von derLeyen.
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