This Wednesday, President Chegi supported the commitments defined by the European Commission for the joint procurement of military equipment by member states, believing that Europe must “start investing in defense.”
“We agree. […] “I have already said once: despite the risk that this will not become popular, Europeans must understand once and for all that they need to start investing in defense,” said Andre Ventura.
“I completely agree that member states must start preparing for European defense, and for the last 40 years, 50, in fact for the last 80 years, we have not had a European defense,” he said.
The European Commission wants member states to commit to jointly purchasing at least 40% of military equipment for the European Union (EU) by 2030, the community’s chief executive announced on Tuesday.
“For many years we have been accustomed to living under the American hat in NATO, now we see that we can only trust ourselves. The war has reached our doors in Ukraine, we don’t know if it can reach other parts of Europe. “We must invest in defense,” he said.
Andre Ventura believes that “Portugal has made a huge reduction in investment in the Armed Forces in recent years” and emphasized the need to “have a decent Armed Forces.”
Chega’s leader stated that “defense will be of fundamental importance” and guaranteed that if Chega became government, “very serious investment will be made in the Armed Forces.”
When asked about the elections in North America and their consequences for Europe, President Chegi replied that this decision would be made by the Americans in November.
“What I preferred for Europe was neither of the two [entre Joe Biden e Donald Trump]“I am not going to participate in an election that is not mine, and I am not in the country to participate in it,” he replied.
The European Commission wants member states to commit to jointly purchasing at least 40% of military equipment for the European Union (EU) by 2030, the community’s chief executive said on Wednesday.
Chief Executive Ursula von der Leyen wants the 27-nation Community bloc to commit to jointly purchasing at least 40% of all military equipment to bolster European defence, according to a proposal for an EU defense industry strategy unveiled on Tuesday. over the next six years.
At the same time, the European Commission wants the value of intra-European defense trade to account for at least 35% of the EU defense market by 2030.
At a press conference dedicated to the presentation of this strategy, Commission Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager recalled that “not far from here, Ukrainians are fighting for freedom and European values.”
“In the last two years, we have been faced with a situation where the defense industry cannot produce at the required speed,” he added.
The European Commission has unveiled a European defense industrial strategy to create a “military economy” in the EU, with an investment program in the sector expected to cost €100 billion, according to reports from European Commissioner for the Internal Market Thierry. Breton.
At stake is the proposal for a European Defense Industrial Strategy, designed to respond to investment gaps in the sector through European instruments and joint government contracts and thus strengthen capacity and support Ukraine in the face of a Russian invasion.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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