The head of the European Commission spoke about the plan for the rearmament of Europe

The head of the European Commission (EC) Ursula von der Leyen will present to the member states of the European Union (EU) a plan for the rearmament of Europe. She announced this on March 3 at a press conference in Brussels, a fragment of the broadcast of which was published on the social network X (ex. Twitter).

According to Leyen, tomorrow, on March 4, she will inform the EU member states in a letter about the European rearmament plan, as countries need a large-scale strengthening of defense.

"We want lasting peace, but lasting peace can only be built on strength, and strength begins with strengthening ourselves, and that is the purpose of the plan that I will present to the member countries tomorrow," she added.

Von der Leyen also announced that she would present a comprehensive plan for the development of European arms production and defense capabilities at a special summit of the leaders of the 27 EU countries on March 6 in Brussels.

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After the summit in London on March 2, von der Leyen stated href="https://iz.ru/1847734/2025-03-02/glava-ek-zaavila-o-neobhodimosti-srocnogo-vooruzenia-evropeiskih-stran"> about the need to arm European countries as soon as possible. She noted that the EC will change budget norms and financial rules to provide EU members with more opportunities to invest in the military industry.

On the same day, the head of one of the factions of the European Parliament (EP), the European People's Party (EPP), Manfred Weber, called for taking the first steps towards an independent href="https://iz.ru/1847524/2025-03-02/v-ep-prizvali-k-sozdaniu-nezavisimoi-oboronnoi-politiki-evropy"> defense policy of Europe. He criticized the dependence of countries on American weapons and stressed the importance of strengthening the military industry. On February 19, the EP factions also noted that the European Union is bigger cannot rely on The United States is committed to protecting the interests of European countries, so it's time to take the EU's defense and security into our own hands.