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EU Perspectives · May 20, 2025 · 38 min

European defence needs a trust boost

Three years into a brutal war on its eastern flank, EU defence is the same old shambles. Even the optimists concede that the current rearmament efforts may create an effective system no sooner than in 2030. Is the Union’s institutional, political, and financial straitjacket simply too tight, or is there a way out? In the 14 May episode of the EU Perspectives podcast, MEP Jan Farský (EPP/CZE) debated the hot topic with defence experts, Juan Mejino-López of the Bruegel think-tank and Burkard Schmitt of The Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe.

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Three years into a brutal war on its eastern flank, EU defence is the same old shambles. Even the optimists concede that the current rearmament efforts may create an effective system no sooner than in 2030. Is the Union’s institutional, political, and financial straitjacket simply too tight, or is there a way out? In the 14 May episode of the EU Perspectives podcast, MEP Jan Farský (EPP/CZE) debated the hot topic with defence experts, Juan Mejino-López of the Bruegel think-tank and Burkard Schmitt of The Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe.

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