Future is Blue podcast: Rearmament push: Leveraging Europe’s often-ignored industrial strength

Bulgaria has expressed interest in the European Commission's (EC) announced opportunity for loans on preferential terms to be directed at strengthening defense. "I think we will proactively take advantage of all possible financial instruments," said Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov when asked whether Bulgaria will benefit from the new instrument launched by the EC, known as SAFE (Security Action for Europe). It is part of the "Rearm Europe" plan …

Future is Blue podcast: Rearmament push: Leveraging Europe’s often-ignored industrial strength

In this Future is Blue episode, Sander Tordoir from the Centre for European Reform discusses his article Heavy Industry is Europe’s Trump Card. We explore how Europe’s manufacturing strength can drive defence rearmament, the potential of the EU’s REARM initiative, and the challenges of financing and coordination. Sander also highlights the UK’s role post-Brexit and stresses that now is a defining moment for Europe to leverage its industrial and …

Comment by Clément Inbona, fund manager of La Financière de l’Échiquier, on the opportunities for investment in defence presented by the S.T.A.R.S. group (Leonardo, Saab, Thales, Airbus, Rheinmetall and Safran) thanks to the ReArm Europe plan. Forget about the Seven Magnificents, that closed club of US quoted titans linked to technology and, in particular, to the AI. The new feeling of the stock exchanges is ‘Le(s) S.T.A.R.S.’. Behind this acron…

In the face of the Russian threat and American disengagement, Europe is advancing on a forced march to ensure its own defence on the continent.