The 23 EU members who also belong to NATO are likely to agree to raise the defence spending target above the current 2% of ...

The EU and its member states are committed to spending more and better together on defence in response to the unprecedented ...

Premier Giorgia Meloni and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday conferred over the phone and focused on the development ...

The EIB, the largest multilateral lender, will double its funding for defence and security from €1 billion to €2 billion by ...

The EU is under pressure to increase defense spending, but member states are divided on how to fund it and whether to ...

"The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the aid that Europe subsequently sent to Ukraine revealed that the European defense industry was in a dire situation." ...

Sir Keir Starmer is facing pressure from European leaders to join a €500 billion defence scheme, amid threats to Nato by ...

Following the adoption, in 2022, of the Strategic Compass – a jointly agreed action plan for the EU to achieve its goals in security and defence – the EU launched a new set of tailored security and ...

The European Union has abandoned a plan to hold a leaders' retreat on defence policy at a chateau in the Belgian countryside ...

This week's newsletter drills down on two issues: boosting European defense spending, and how the bloc is dealing with (or not dealing with) Georgia's controversial new president.

It is expected that more European security and defence-related initiatives will be brought to Government this year, as the EU sharpens its focus on the area.