Defense ministers of 27 EU countries approved on Tuesday 22 priorities designed to fill gaps in the defense potential of EU states, Interfax reports.
“Now is the time to translate these priorities into concrete defense cooperation projects to ensure European armed forces are more resilient, agile and reliable, ready to face current and future threats,” said EU diplomacy chief Josep Borrell, who also heads the European Defense Agency (EDA).
The EDA press release noted that significant gaps resulted from “persistent underinvestment and insufficient European cooperation” in defense capability building. The priorities approved as of 2023 “reflect the military realities observed in Ukraine, serve EU defense objectives and are intended to implement specific projects.”
The military operations in Ukraine, according to European military leaders, have shown the need for flexible, mobile, interoperable, technologically advanced, energy-efficient and resilient full-spectrum ground forces. The Ukrainian context has highlighted the importance of multi-layered integrated air and missile defense, as well as changing perceptions of “the balance between qualitative and quantitative dimensions in many areas of military capabilities,” the document notes.
Source: Rosbalt
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