Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 12 hours ago
The European Defence Fund (EDF) and its precursor programmes explicitly aim to strengthening the ‘global competitiveness’ of the technological industrial base of European defence. There is a major disconnect between such technologies and their potential impact beyond the profits they will generate. They will inevitably boost European arms exports and fuel the global arms race, which will in turn lead to more armed conflicts and wars, greater destruction, significant loss of life, and increased forced displacement.
Watch the recording of the press conference for the launch of our new report 'Fanning the Flames - How the European Union is fuelling a new arms race'.
Read the report here: tni.org/en/publication/fanning-the-flames
The European Defence Fund (EDF) and its precursor programmes explicitly aim to strengthening the ‘global competitiveness’ of the technological industrial base of European defence. There is a major disconnect between such technologies and their potential impact beyond the profits they will generate. They will inevitably boost European arms exports and fuel the global arms race, which will in turn lead to more armed conflicts and wars, greater destruction, significant loss of life, and increased forced displacement.
Watch the recording of the press conference for the launch of our new report 'Fanning the Flames - How the European Union is fuelling a new arms race'.
Read the report here: tni.org/en/publication/fanning-the-flames
