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EU Defense Commissioner: Europe Faces Security
- Andrius Kubilius, the EU Defense Commissioner, spoke on April 3, 2025, at a defense ministers' meeting in Warsaw about Europe's urgent defense challenges.
- He addressed skepticism from his September 2024 nomination about the EU's defense policy, budget, and capacity, emphasizing that a strategic shift is overdue.
- Kubilius highlighted the need for collective defense, streamlined procurement, and enhanced space capabilities, warning that reliance on U.S. support is weakening.
- He cited member states' planned €800 billion defense spending over four years and called for cutting bureaucracy to enable faster industrial production and capability development.
- Kubilius concluded that Europe must act decisively to deter threats, build independent defense capacity, and adapt to shifts in U.S. strategic focus to the Indo-Pacific.
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EU Defense Commissioner: Europe faces security
BRUSSELS, June 10 (KUNA) -- European Commissioner Andrius Kubilius affirmed on Tuesday that Europe is facing a "perfect storm" in the security field. He warned of growing Russian threats and an expected gradual withdrawal of the US from the European defense scene, stressing the urgent need to reshape the EU's defense capabilities. This came during his speech at the European Defense and
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