At the suggestion of Manfred Weber, leader of the European People’s Party (EPP), the leading supranational faction of the European Parliament, the European Parliament supported the accelerated procedure for discussing the increase in the European Union’s military spending. TASS.
“The vote on this issue will be included in the agenda of the second May session,” said Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament.
We are talking about the maximum acceleration of the procedure for approving the proposals of the EC on the militarization of the EU economy. It was noted that 500 million Euros from the European Union budget and 1 billion Euros from Eurofund for Peace will be allocated for these needs.
Weber’s accelerated militarization initiative is supported by liberal parties whose ideology advocates nonviolence and pacifism, and the Greens in the European Parliament.
Previously recognizedThat the European Parliament plans to vote for the accelerated militarization of the European Union economy.