Source: European Parliament
It is not for the Council to comment on media reports, or on business decisions of individual economic operators.
At the same time, the Council recalls that the European Council, at its meeting on 6 March 2025, stressed that Europe must become more sovereign, more responsible for its own defence and better equipped to act and deal autonomously with immediate and future challenges and threats with a 360° approach.
In doing so, the Union will reinforce its overall defence readiness, reduce its strategic dependencies, address its critical capability gaps and strengthen the European defence technological and industrial base accordingly across the Union so that it is in a position to better supply equipment in the quantities and at the accelerated pace needed.
This will also contribute to boosting European industrial and technological competitiveness. The above is without prejudice to the specific character of the security and defence policy of certain Member States, and takes into account the security and defence interests of all Member States, in accordance with the Treaties.