{"id":471111,"date":"2026-11-12T18:21:49","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T17:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/11\/12\/cese-trasformare-i-fondi-per-la-difesa-in-produzione-con-lucraina-come-partner\/"},"modified":"2026-11-12T18:41:58","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T17:41:58","slug":"eesc-channelling-defence-funding-into-production-with-ukraine-as-a-partner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/11\/12\/eesc-channelling-defence-funding-into-production-with-ukraine-as-a-partner\/","title":{"rendered":"EESC: “Channelling defence funding into production, with Ukraine as a partner”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels \u2013 More funds and funding allocated to defence will not automatically make Europe safer. According to what emerged<\/a> during a hearing organised on 10 November by the Consultative Commission on Industrial Change (CCMI) of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), \u201cto turn investment into equipment and technology, companies need predictable orders, easier access to the defence market, and stronger industrial cooperation.<\/strong>\u201d Although Europe is investing more in the sector, the Committee believes that the capacity to produce the necessary equipment is not guaranteed. The problems stem from \u201cfragmented procurement, uncertain demand, dependence on supply chains and a skills shortage,\u201d which are holding back the expansion of the European defence industry. For EESC members, Russia\u2019s war of aggression in Ukraine exposed these weaknesses<\/strong>, \u201cwhile demonstrating the importance of rapid innovation, particularly in the fields of drones, electronic warfare, and battlefield software.\u201d The Committee therefore argues that \u201ccloser industrial cooperation with Ukraine could enable Europe to strengthen its own capabilities, while supporting the Ukrainian defence industry.\u201d <\/p>\n

During the hearing, the issue of “foreseeable demand” was raised. The experts pointed out that \u201ccompanies in the defence sector plan their investments over timeframes of five, ten, or even fifteen years.\u201d Conversely, \u201cin order to expand their facilities, develop technologies or recruit staff, they need clear, long-term orders.\u201d Similarly, \u201csmaller companies also face greater difficulties\u201d because \u201cthey may lack the funding, testing facilities, and access to military users needed to bring such solutions to market,\u201d even \u201cwhen they develop promising technologies.\u201d We need to \u201cconnect innovators and SMEs with end-users, who can test their technologies and provide operational feedback. Otherwise, promising companies risk failing to take the next step, from innovation to production,\u201d concluded Daniel Fiott<\/strong>, head of the defence, investment and innovation programme at the Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy at the Vrije Universiteit in Brussels.<\/p>\n

 <\/strong>Now, the EESC rapporteurs, Eitvydas Bajar\u016bnas and Franck Uhlig<\/strong><\/strong>, will draw up an exploratory opinion on strengthening the defence industry and innovation in the EU (including through greater cooperation with Ukraine) at the request of the incoming Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the EU. The opinion is due to be adopted in December 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Brussels \u2013 More funds and funding allocated to defence will not automatically make Europe safer. According to what emerged during a hearing organised on 10 November by the Consultative Commission on Industrial Change (CCMI) of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), \u201cto turn investment into equipment and technology, companies need predictable orders, easier access to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7908,"featured_media":466581,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[30809,25774,25707],"tags":[27336,36602,27853,31098,29842],"class_list":["post-471111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-security","category-in-brief","category-world-politics","tag-cese","tag-lithuania-en","tag-production-en","tag-war-in-ucraine-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7908"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471111"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":471112,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471111\/revisions\/471112"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/466581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}