EU commissioner advocates for redirecting 40% of EU ammo exports to fulfill Ukraine’s million-round need. [article]
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EU commissioner advocates for redirecting 40% of EU ammo exports to fulfill Ukraine’s million-round need. [article]
by Geschichtsklitterung
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Excerpt:
> *By March, the EU will be able to produce one million artillery shells a year, but 40% of production is contracted to be exported outside Europe, EU Commissioner Breton said, emphasizing, “Ukraine must become a priority.”*
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> During a question and answer session with Members of the European Parliament in Brussels on 21 November, European Commissioner for the Internal Market Thierry Breton shared insights on the EU’s pledge to supply Ukraine with 1 million rounds of ammunition by March 2024. Breton attributed his assessment to his visits to military-industrial firms across 15 EU member states.
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> Breton has stated that by spring 2024, EU defense companies are expected to achieve a production capacity of 1 million artillery shells annually. Furthermore, he projected that by the end of the following year, the production rate could increase to between 1.3 and 1.4 million shells per year, DW reports.
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> At the same time, according to Breton, “the problem lies in the situation with contracts in general,” as about 40% of production is delivered outside Europe to third countries.
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> Thierry Breton has suggested that for the entire quantity of produced ammunition to be delivered to Ukraine, EU member states must prioritize Ukrainian needs in their production schedules. However, he noted that the EU Council has not endorsed this proposal. Additionally, he mentioned that EU countries are currently not signing a sufficient number of contracts for shell production.
As long as countries like Hungary and maybe even Slovakia keep sabotaging for personal gain, I’m very sceptical of any future positive developments from EU.
Make sure EU only buys ammo for Ukraine from pro-Ukraine countries’ factories. Capitalistic greed will win in time.
This is the exact attitude we need.
You can’t leave such decisions to be made by greedy executive comitees.
Should redirect 80%.
Considering a lot of ammo will have been made to counter ruzzia it seems logical to throw it at ruzzia