12. September 2023
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Aktuell, Allgemein, EN
- A €300 million budget until the end of 2025 to enhance defence capabilities
- There should be at least three EU member states in the consortium to benefit from EU funding
- EU budget will finance the procurement up to 15% or 20% if SMEs or
12. September 2023
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Aktuell, Allgemein, EN
For the last three decades, European defence has suffered from underinvestment by EU Member States. Additionally, the market and the demand are fragmentised along national lines. Usually, EU Member States, especially the bigger ones, procure from their national industries. This results in low interoperability, higher
7. September 2023
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Aktuell, Allgemein, EN
The EPP Group is calling for a revision of the protection status of wolves and other large carnivores like lynxes and bears as the growing numbers of these carnivores in some European regions has become a real threat to livestock and, potentially, also for humans.
5. September 2023
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Aktuell, EN
On Thursday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will brief MEPs on the latest European security developments and EU-NATO cooperation.
Mr Stoltenberg's briefing in the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Subcommittee on Security and Defence will be followed by an exchange of views with MEPs.
WHEN: Thursday 7
22. August 2023
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Aktuell, EN
Three years have passed since 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate exploded in a warehouse in the port of Beirut on August 4, 2020. More than 220 people died in the incident; thousands more were injured while around 300,000 people lost their homes. To this day,
22. August 2023
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Aktuell, EN
A seven-member delegation of MEPs will visit Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan on 21-25 August to discuss cooperation in the face of multiple geopolitical challenges.
MEP David McAllister (EPP, DE), Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), will lead a seven-member delegation of MEPs to