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Transatlantic Relations Under New US and EU Leadership: Europe’s Defense Industrial Base

Excerpt:  “The next European Commission has prioritized its defense industrial base and has committed to creating a European Defense Union. For the first time, a dedicated Commissioner for Defence has been established, although the challenges facing this portfolio are steep and varied. Europe’s defense industry is highly fragmented, dependent on external suppliers, and massively underinvested in at a time when an active war is taking place on the EU’s doorstep. The short-term measures undertaken by the previous Commission towards making the Union a security provider are in the process of being translated into deeper, long-term measures to make the EU’s defense industrial base capable of the production needed for the future.”