Wrote a joint letter with 14 #EUCO leaders.

There is an increased need for more investments in the security and defence sector in Europe.

One avenue to achieve this is to enhance European Investment Bank’s financing for security and defence in line with EU’s priorities.

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Today we set our vision for defence readiness with Europe’s defence industrial strategy.

It will support Member States to not only spend more, but better, together and European.

And link Ukraine’s know-how with our defence industry to facilitate innovation.

Our job at 🇪🇺 DG DEFIS #StrongerTogether is to implement thought-out #DefenceIndustry policies to ensure 🇪🇺 security, resilience and autonomy

With that in mind our teams delivered today the 1st ever Defence Industrial Strategy- #EDIS & a proposal to set up European Defence Industry Programme- #EDIP

It was a strong industrial commitment and we did it — 2 months ahead of schedule ✔️🇪🇺

It is official: we now have reached an industrial production capacity of 1,000,000 ammunition rounds per year.

And we will be above 1.4 million by the end of this year.

#EuropePower

“Alex Stubb, a former [Finnish] prime minister, told the FT in an interview that the European Investment Bank should change its statutes to be able to invest in arms.”

Finland presidential hopeful calls for EU investment bank to fund arms for Ukraine on.ft.com/3vVhA0E

L’Europa moderna perde oggi il suo padre fondatore. Ne piangiamo la scomparsa, ci inchiniamo davanti alla sua forza e autorità morale, porteremo avanti con ancora maggior impegno le sue idee 🇪🇺. #Delors #JacquesDelors

Boosting Europe's #DefenceReadiness is vital for EU & Ukraine’s security 🇪🇺🇺🇦

We need to shift from emergency measures to bolstering defense industries for increased production & speed.

🔜 European defense industry program next year.

EU Parliament support will be key.

#EDIP

The time has come to build our long-term defence readiness together❗️

Today, European Commission has launched a stakeholders consultation in view of the development of a European Defence Industrial Strategy #EDIS

Read more at👇
ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…

#EUDefenceIndustry

This is the beginning of a very important process, where Commission will gather stakeholders to carefully assess how it can add value and in fine deliver a European Defence Industrial Strategy ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…

Early next year (Q1 2024) we will present a European #DefenceIndustry strategy 🇪🇺

This is important. Facing the new security realities, Europe must enhance its defence #readiness .

The defence industry must adapt: deliver more & faster.

#EUDefence

A stronger Europe in #defence means having the freedom of choice when it comes to our security — and not depending on decisions taken elsewhere.

This is about European Defence #Readiness .

This is about Defence #Industry 🇪🇺

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The Act in Support of Ammunition Production — #ASAP — is adopted!

In a record time of just 2 months, this is a historic move for EU #defence cooperation & security 🇪🇺

EU is committed to support the ramp-up of its defence industrial base to deliver the ammunition Ukraine needs.

We have a deal!

In only two months, Europe agreed on an historic programme #ASAP to finance the ramp-up of its defence industrial base to support Ukraine & the security of 🇪🇺

#ammunition

Last night, European Parliament and EU Council came to an agreement to support common defence procurement between Member States🇪🇺, establishing #EDIRPA , an instrument for the reinforcement of the #EUDefenceIndustry 🛡️

More at
🔗ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…

#StrongerTogether

I welcome last night’s political agreement on EDIRPA, the common procurement instrument for Europe’s Defence industry.

EDIRPA will give the defence industry greater predictability.

Help boost deliveries for Ukraine.

And bring us closer to a 🇪🇺 Defence Union.

We have a deal! #EDIRPA

With EDIRPA, Europe will support the joint #procurement of #defence equipment.

A new step towards a more ambitious and integrated European defence 🇪🇺

Next will be #ASAP

#TRILOGUE | EU Council & European Parliament negotiators met today for a first trilogue on the ASAP Regulation. It will facilitate the ramp-up of the EU's ammunition production capacity, allowing its defence industry to better support Ukrainian and Member States' armed forces.

I strongly welcome today’s vote by EU Parliament regarding its position on #ASAP

I salute the sense of urgency and responsability from the EP

I now call on the Council to do the same and act quickly so we can start trilogues

Support for Ukraine in #ammunition cannot wait 🇪🇺🇺🇦

First political trilogue for #EDIRPA today! Important & urgent instrument to promote common procurement and European defense industry. High level of ambition and lots of common ground between Council, European Parliament & Commission. Hopeful we can agree by end of @sweden2023eu

Representatives of SMEs & Midcaps can contribute to the innovation & resilience of the #EUDefenceIndustry by taking the new Survey on the Access to Equity Financing

➡️It aims to map the European ecosystem of investors in the sector🇪🇺🛡️

More detail at👇
europa.eu/!MG6X67