On Thursday 26 June, European leaders invited the European Commission and the High Representative of the Union to present a roadmap for achieving defence preparedness at the October 2025 summit.
“To achieve the EU’s common defence readiness by 2030, the leaders stressed the need to fill critical capability gaps in a concrete and urgent manner, to finance the increase in defence spending and to foster partnerships with like-minded partners”, explained an EU source at the end of the...