Russia's war against Ukraine puts a lot of pressure on EU arms stocks. At the same time, an internal struggle unfolded in Brussels over the question of how best to replenish European arsenals..

The new tension is connected with the purchase fund intended to increase the production of weapons in Europe. Politico has found that the key committees of the European Parliament, namely the committees on industry, the internal market and the subcommittee on security and defense, are arguing through a fund formerly called " This fund now has 500 million euros. Although it may increase.

French-dominated group in the European Parliament pushes for defense procurement to take place within the EU. Opponents of this idea believe that in this way France wants to " Politico writes that now the compromise text still leaves the door open for some defense spending outside the EU..

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It states that companies from non-EU countries may be involved " The faction in the respective committees, consisting of representatives from Poland, Estonia, Portugal, Germany and Luxembourg, also added a paragraph to the text to include "

“They want to keep open the possibility of applying to countries outside the EU, such as South Korea or the United States, to fill the gaps in the purchase of weapons,” the publication explains..

Exhausting war on the territory of Ukraine continues. Against this backdrop, concerns are growing over the ability of the EU to increase the production of ammunition and weapons.. However, the French MEPs, who dominate the Renew Europe group, are trying to ensure that spending on weapons is a purely internal affair of Europe.. The head of the defense subcommittee of the European Parliament, Nathalie Loiseau, objected that the proposed restriction would only benefit France..

“France is not the only country in Europe that produces weapons,” she said, pointing also to Germany, Italy and Poland..

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She emphasized that the EDIRPA fund aims to strengthen the European industrial policy.

“We need industries to be able to produce weapons faster. And we need to find a way to encourage such changes.. So we need a hard EDIRPA,” she explained.

Loiseau added that she is open to non-European gun manufacturers.. However, she emphasized that the products of these companies should be " According to the French politician, spending EU money on weapons made outside the union would be contrary to the union's treaties. And this will create the risk of collapse of the entire procurement program..