On Wednesday 6 September, Commissioner for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton, said that if the EU had a common vision, technological mastery and industrial expertise, then arms production would have to be increased.
“You have to be ready. (...) There’s a war on, and we have to produce what we need in time”, he explained during a briefing with journalists.
“War is on Europe’s doorstep, we want to increase defence budgets to 3%, Poland has announced 4%, Estonia 3%, but that means...