EU Needs Rapid Action to Close Military Gaps, Defense Chief Says

EU Defense Commissioner Andrius Kubilius says European defense investment needs are rapidly increasingly, possibly even doubling or tripling, and Europe needs to take much more responsibility for its own defense. Kubilius spoke in an interview in Brussels with Bloomberg’s Oliver Crook, where they also discussed European unity and the capacity to replace Starlink with a European alternative.Source: Bloomberg

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By Andrea Palasciano and Oliver Crook

March 7, 2025 at 10:10 AM UTC

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A chaotic geopolitical environment will force Europe to shoulder more and more of its defense burden, and that cost is likely to increase substantially, according to the European Union’s defense industry chief.

“In the last weeks, we’ve seen what I would call quite a turbulent development,” the EU’s Andrius Kubilius said on Bloomberg TV Friday. “It’s still not perhaps very clear what finally will be the American strategy.”