Tom Middendorp, Dutch envoy for the European Defence Fund (EDF) and former commander-in-chief of the Dutch armed forces, argued on Thursday 6 February in Brussels for a European defence fund that is as inclusive as possible.
One of his country’s priorities, he says, is to enable new SMEs to participate in the fund. “We need to open up our supply chain”, he told a small group of journalists, including EUROPE, arguing that equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in Europe have a kind of...