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White Paper on future of EU defense cooperation released

( March 19, 2025, 12:17 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The European Commission today released its “White Paper for European Defence Readiness 2030.” The non-legislative document is a roadmap on the EU’s common actions to ramp up its defense capabilities in response to escalating security threats from Russia and China. Among proposed initiatives, the document foresees changes to the bloc’s Defence and Security Procurement Directive, to include the Buy European principle to reduce dependencies on external suppliers. It also stresses the need for tighter defense industrial cooperation with Indo-Pacific partners such as Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and India.Statement follows and white paper is attached. ...

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