The European Union (EU) needs to ramp-up its defence-industrial production and it is looking to do this with a new financial tool termed the European Defence Investment Programme (EDIP). The introduction of the EDIP will raise questions about the European Commission’s commitment to market liberalisation in the defence sector. Joint EU defence procurement will require an evolution of existing EU defence-industrial legislation, but it will also make it harder to define “essential security interests” in the EU.
CSDS Policy Brief, 3/2024
Daniel Fiott 