“If Europe wants to avoid war, Europe must get ready for war”. This was the message that the European Commission’s President, Ursula von der Leyen, sought to make clear in her speech at the Royal Danish Military Academy in March 2025. A few days before this speech, the European Commission had presented the ReArm Europe […]

The chairman and chief executive officer of the Thales Group speaks about the great capabilities of the European defense industry and how they can be activated – What he says about the “requests” of the United States and Greek-French relations

Athens to participate in programs covering drones, seabed security, space and air defense, but not the EU’s Eastern Flank Watch initiative

Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias urges the EU to fund its response to threats from the South, citing crises in Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb, at the EU Defense Ministers Council in Brussels.

Beyond the economic dimension, the profound changes currently reshaping security and defense policies across Europe are likely to generate significant social and political implications at both the European and national levels

Erdogan wants defense industry deals from Washington and a public signal that Turkey is indispensable to NATO, as Athens watches closely from the sidelines

Greece’s Defense Minister briefed EU counterparts after alleged radio interference involving government aircraft traveling to Cyprus, while Ankara rejected the claims and offered its own account of the incident

Dendias attends EU Defence Council in Nicosia, focusing on maritime security, Operation Aspides, and EU strategic defence cooperation.

Speaking in Austria, the Greek defense minister warned that war, migration pressures, cyber threats and geopolitical revisionism are reshaping Europe’s security landscape, while calling for deeper military coordination and investment in defense technology

Romanian lawmakers have cleared major EU-funded defense deals under the bloc’s SAFE program, aimed at boosting military capacity and infrastructure as regional security concerns persist along the Ukraine border and Black Sea.

The Greek prime minister highlights support for citizens within budget limits while calling for stronger European defense cooperation and strategic autonomy amid ongoing geopolitical tensions

On Tuesday Feb. 17, EU finance ministers approved the national plans of eight additional member states, totaling 74 billion euros in funding.

At the Munich Security Conference, European leaders called for stronger defense cooperation and nuclear deterrence talks as transatlantic ties face strain following shifts in U.S. policy

Mario Draghi argued recently that the old geopolitical order is done. A new one has already started taking shape, and Europe has not yet managed to decide and display its role in it.

Madrid urges deeper defence integration and a coalition of willing states, arguing a unified European force would deter coercion while complementing NATO

The one-sided focus on guarding the eastern borders has been repeatedly highlighted by Athens, with Kyriakos Mitsotakis regularly stressing the need to prioritize actions such as advancing the project of a European anti-missile shield

After the fall of the Berlin Wall and nearly four decades of carefree existence, Europe is forced into an exercise of hetero-determination

We must boldly pursue deeper integration, ensuring European sovereignty and respect for fundamental values and rights

Europe is something else: a space power by necessity, still catching up in strategy