The last of the three pillars of the European plan agreed upon by Twenty-seven at the end of last March is to increase production capacity of all types. ammo And missiles inside European Union (EU) and by the way, it guarantees an adequate supply to meet the needs of its army. Ukraine, Ready. The European Commission offered to inject this Wednesday 500 million € Community budget by 2025 (to be added another 500 million people from Member States and companies) military industry That the Old Continent hits the gas so it can supply at least a million shells in a year. “We want to help European industry change its paradigm, move into a war economy mode,” summed up the commissioner for industry and internal market, Thierry Breton.
“A contribution of 500 million Euros will make it possible to offer an adequate incentive to the economic units involved in the manufacture of Turkey’s products. to defend It is appropriate for them to start taking measures to increase their production capacity and facilitate investment throughout the supply chain,” says the Community Executive in the ‘proposed regulation’.Ammunition Production Support Act’ (ASAP), also an acronym that stands for ‘as soon as possible’. According to this BrusselsThis European contribution, which will cover half the investment – the other half will be responsible for governments or companies – will facilitate investment while shortening production times so the industry can “produce more and faster”, something very important given previous estimates of the two- and three-year waiting list.
The new bill will also allow the Commission and Member States to anticipate shortages affecting the safety of ships. supplyMap the status of stockpiles to determine and monitor the availability of ammunition and missiles and their components. Injection will also help support. industry collaboration and coordinating the supply of raw materials, removing regulatory barriers and ultimately increasing the competitiveness of the European defense industry. To enable co-financing, Brussels will allow European governments to divert aid from other countries. New Generation EU Fund and structural funds.
15 factories in 11 countries
Having made a series of visits to factories in different Member States, Breton identified around fifteen companies in 11 EU countries with the capacity to produce the ammunition Kiev needs. Spain where he will go next Monday as the culmination of his mini European tour. According to his diagnosis, the EU has a significant production capacity, even greater than that of Europe. United States of Americabut limited by a lack of investment and a reduction in military spending in recent years.
Purpose, as he explains, is for the Council and European Parliament to close agreement as soon as possible, preferably before this summer, to start orders as soon as possible. The instrument will be valid for two years and expire in mid-2025. “We need to speed up the ammunition supply. Time is running out”, reminded the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrelladmitted last week that the first two legs of the plan were progressing more slowly than expected.
“Believe that we are doing everything we can to meet our commitments. I can’t cite a number as it changes daily, but it is true that the first ‘path’ to include the delivery of some of the Member States’ military ‘stock’ was mainly focused on missiles, but some of the ammunition figures did not reach the perspectives I wanted and wanted to achieve. Dmitro Kuleba”, declared the high representative of European foreign policy. The first leg consists of sending ammunition from the USA. arsenals It is worth 1,000 million euros. Second, because of the Resistance, an agreement is still pending between the Twenty-Seven France He talks about the launch of joint acquisitions worth 1 billion euros, insisting that the tenders be focused only on European companies.