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MIL-OSI Europe: Answer to a written question – Boosting the Greek defence industry – E-001385/2024(ASW)

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Source: European Parliament

Precise, detailed and official data on the proportion of the defence budget of each Member State that is spent on domestic production and imports from Member States or third countries is currently not available.

There are, however, strong indications of persistent fragmentation in the European defence equipment market and an increasing reliance on imports from third countries.

More details can be found for instance in the European Defence Industrial Strategy[1] and in the Staff Working Document accompanying the proposal for a regulation establishing the European Defence Industry Programme (EDIP)[2].

The EU programmes that can be used to support the capacity of the Greek defence industry include in particular: the European Defence Fund[3], which supports collaborative defence research and development projects with a budget of over EUR 7 billion over 2021-2027; the regulation on supporting ammunition production (ASAP)[4], which was adopted as an emergency response following Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and supported the ramp-up of ammunition and missiles production capacity across Europe; the EDIP[5] proposal, through which the Commission foresees in particular the extension of the ASAP support logic in time (over 2025-2027) and in scope (beyond the field of ammunition and missiles only).

Also, Member States may use the Cohesion Policy Funds[6] for the modernisation and building of industrial capacities, including defence industry capacities, as far as the investments contribute to the objectives of the respective funds[7].

Last updated: 7 October 2024

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