strategic-enablers

Ursula von der Leyen delivering a speech at the European Parliament in Brussels, with EU flags in the background.

defense

Von der Leyen revives European Security Council as hybrid threats rise

Von der Leyen wants a European Security Council plus an EU Article-4-style hybrid-response protocol and a new instrument to fund strategic enablers like AAR and air/missile defence.

EU flags outside a Brussels building with a military transport aircraft and aerial refuelling tanker silhouette in the background.

defense

EU weighs joint funding push for NATO “strategic enablers” as US signals pullback

Brussels is exploring a voluntary pooled-funding initiative to acquire NATO “strategic enablers” now largely provided by the US, with replacement costs cited from €200bn to €500bn+.