One of the priorities of the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU 2024 is to reinforce Europe's defence competitiveness and capabilities 🛡️🇪🇺

To this end, the initiatives we have launched, such as #EDIRPA , #ASAP and #EDF Work Programme 2024, contribute to strengthening the #EUDefenceIndustry

#TRILOGUE | Negotiators have just reached a provisional agreement on the EDIRPA Regulation. EDIRPA is an important and urgent instrument to promote joint defence procurement and European defence industry. #EU2023SE

One week after the agreement🤝on #EDIRPA , a new deal has been reached with #ASAP , which supports ramped-up ammunition production in Europe!

A new step ensuring timely provision of ammunition and missiles to 🇺🇦, and reinforcing 🇪🇺’s strategic autonomy

🛡️ #EUDefenceIndustry

The rise in international geopolitical tensions has underlined the need for joint defence 🇪🇺 procurement

One of the goals of the #EDIRPA Work Programme is to:

➡️improve interoperability of #EU defence🛡️🇪🇺 systems and capabilities

More at 👇
defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/eu-defence-ind…

At today’s meeting of the EEA Joint Committee we incorporated the #ASAP and #EDIRPA regulations into the EEA Agreement - paving the way for further strengthening Europe’s ammunition production capacity at a critical juncture for our continent #EEA30 🇪🇺🇳🇴🇮🇸🇱🇮

For Ukraine to defend itself - and us - from Putin’s tyranny, long term supply of ammunition will be key. Very pleased that 🇳🇴Norway will take part in joint 🇪🇺EU efforts to strengthen European ammunition production capacity #ASAP #EDIRPA

#StandWithUkraine 📸: Norwegian Armed Forces | Forsvaret

Important meeting with Ukraine’s Minister for Strategic Industries Alexander Kamyshin 🇺🇦

EU has a solid defence industrial base to support both 🇪🇺 and Ukraine’s security — strengthening cooperation is key.

#ASAP #EDIRPA #EDIP

„We Greens/EFA in the EU Parliament 🌍 will vote in favour of the #EDIRPA defence procurement programme today - but it is only a small patch on the big and oozing wound of a fragmented and ineffective #defence sector.“

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Draft report on the European defence industry Reinforcement through common Procurement Act (EDIRPA)
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#EDIRPA : EU Council greenlights the new rules to boost common procurement in the EU defence industry
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I welcome today’s vote of European Parliament to reinforce 🇪🇺 #defenceindustry through common procurement ( #EDIRPA )

Once again, united we stand to make Europe stronger and to ensure military support to Ukraine 🇺🇦

Throwback to negotiations on defence procurement act (EDIRPA). Happy faces after achieving a good result with the Council. #EDIRPA

En conclusion de la réunion ministerielle sur la défense aérienne et antimissile de l’Europe à Paris — échange avec le Président 🇫🇷 Emmanuel Macron sur la necessité absolue de continuer à soutenir la montée en cadence de l’industrie de #défense européenne 🇪🇺

#ASAP #EDIRPA #EDIP

Thank Deputy PM Mariya Gabriel, Ministers Todor Tagarev , Milena Stoycheva and Deputy Minister Shtonova for the invitation to exchange on the 📈demand for defence industrial support in Sofia 🇧🇬
➡️ Need to support Ukraine
➡️ need to incentivise 🇪🇺 cooperation with #EDF #ASAP & #EDIRPA

The Council and the European Parliament agree on 🆕 rules to 💪 strengthen the EU defence industry:

☑️ addressing the most urgent & critical defence product needs

Learn more about #EDIRPA ➡️
#defence

The EU has recently agreed on 🆕 rules to 💪 strengthen the EU defence industry by encouraging EU countries to jointly procure weapons.

Learn more about #EDIRPA ⬇️

#StandWithUkraine #EUCO

Feeling a bit like an Ancient Greek philosopher as I walk among the olive trees and reflect on… #EU defence procurement 😄 That’s the beauty of #Delphi #delphiforum #EDIRPA

This could be step 1 of 🇺🇦 accession to 🇪🇺: integrating 🇺🇦 industry into 🇪🇺 industrial defence architecture #EDF , #EDIRPA , #ASAP , #EDIP etc and building together the 🇪🇺 pilar of #NATO

#EDIRPA Trilogue. What you won‘t find in POLITICOEurope tomorrow - Gender Quota in the first rows:

Council: 2 women - 3 men ✅
Parliament: 7 women - 15 men 0️⃣
Commission: 1 woman - 7 men ❌

Sayin’ it again and again: Women belong in all places where decisions are made.