The European Defence Fund (EDF) will not spur delivery of the defence capabilities Europe needs unless it strikes a very careful balance between supporting excellence at national levels and promoting cross-border co-operation in capability development, new report by the European Parliament has warned.

The EDF will not deliver the defence capabilities Europe needs unless it balances supporting excellence at national levels and promoting cross-border co-operation in capability development, according to a European Parliament report. (Getty Images)

Commissioned by the parliament's sub-committee on security and defence (SEDE), the 110-page study, Lessons for the Implementation of the European Defence Fund, argues that unless the European Union's (EU's) big four prime contractors of France, Germany, Italy, and Spain open up their value and supply chains, then “there will be no shared ‘political ownership' among the 27 EU countries and thus no interest in defending an autonomous European DTIB [defence technological and industrial base]”.

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) debated the study's merits during a SEDE hearing in Brussels on 31 May.

The European Defence Fund (EDF) will not spur delivery of the defence capabilities Europe needs unless it strikes a very careful balance between supporting excellence at national levels and promoting cross-border co-operation in capability development, new report by the European Parliament has warned.

The EDF will not deliver the defence capabilities Europe needs unless it balances supporting excellence at national levels and promoting cross-border co-operation in capability development, according to a European Parliament report. (Getty Images)

Commissioned by the parliament's sub-committee on security and defence (SEDE), the 110-page study, Lessons for the Implementation of the European Defence Fund, argues that unless the European Union's (EU's) big four prime contractors of France, Germany, Italy, and Spain open up their value and supply chains, then “there will be no shared ‘political ownership' among the 27 EU countries and thus no interest in defending an autonomous European DTIB [defence technological and industrial base]”.

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) debated the study's merits during a SEDE hearing in Brussels on 31 May.

The European Defence Fund (EDF) will not spur delivery of the defence capabilities Europe needs unless it strikes a very careful balance between supporting excellence at national levels and promoting cross-border co-operation in capability development, new report by the European Parliament has warned.

The EDF will not deliver the defence capabilities Europe needs unless it balances supporting excellence at national levels and promoting cross-border co-operation in capability development, according to a European Parliament report. (Getty Images)

Commissioned by the parliament's sub-committee on security and defence (SEDE), the 110-page study, Lessons for the Implementation of the European Defence Fund, argues that unless the European Union's (EU's) big four prime contractors of France, Germany, Italy, and Spain open up their value and supply chains, then “there will be no shared ‘political ownership' among the 27 EU countries and thus no interest in defending an autonomous European DTIB [defence technological and industrial base]”.

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) debated the study's merits during a SEDE hearing in Brussels on 31 May.

The European Defence Fund (EDF) will not spur delivery of the defence capabilities Europe needs unless it strikes a very careful balance between supporting excellence at national levels and promoting cross-border co-operation in capability development, new report by the European Parliament has warned.

The EDF will not deliver the defence capabilities Europe needs unless it balances supporting excellence at national levels and promoting cross-border co-operation in capability development, according to a European Parliament report. (Getty Images)

Commissioned by the parliament's sub-committee on security and defence (SEDE), the 110-page study, Lessons for the Implementation of the European Defence Fund, argues that unless the European Union's (EU's) big four prime contractors of France, Germany, Italy, and Spain open up their value and supply chains, then “there will be no shared ‘political ownership' among the 27 EU countries and thus no interest in defending an autonomous European DTIB [defence technological and industrial base]”.

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) debated the study's merits during a SEDE hearing in Brussels on 31 May.

The European Defence Fund (EDF) will not spur delivery of the defence capabilities Europe needs unless it strikes a very careful balance between supporting excellence at national levels and promoting cross-border co-operation in capability development, new report by the European Parliament has warned.

The EDF will not deliver the defence capabilities Europe needs unless it balances supporting excellence at national levels and promoting cross-border co-operation in capability development, according to a European Parliament report. (Getty Images)

Commissioned by the parliament's sub-committee on security and defence (SEDE), the 110-page study, Lessons for the Implementation of the European Defence Fund, argues that unless the European Union's (EU's) big four prime contractors of France, Germany, Italy, and Spain open up their value and supply chains, then “there will be no shared ‘political ownership' among the 27 EU countries and thus no interest in defending an autonomous European DTIB [defence technological and industrial base]”.

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) debated the study's merits during a SEDE hearing in Brussels on 31 May.

The European Defence Fund (EDF) will not spur delivery of the defence capabilities Europe needs unless it strikes a very careful balance between supporting excellence at national levels and promoting cross-border co-operation in capability development, new report by the European Parliament has warned.

The EDF will not deliver the defence capabilities Europe needs unless it balances supporting excellence at national levels and promoting cross-border co-operation in capability development, according to a European Parliament report. (Getty Images)

Commissioned by the parliament's sub-committee on security and defence (SEDE), the 110-page study, Lessons for the Implementation of the European Defence Fund, argues that unless the European Union's (EU's) big four prime contractors of France, Germany, Italy, and Spain open up their value and supply chains, then “there will be no shared ‘political ownership' among the 27 EU countries and thus no interest in defending an autonomous European DTIB [defence technological and industrial base]”.

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) debated the study's merits during a SEDE hearing in Brussels on 31 May.