Italy called on the European Union to create a single defense space

The European Union (EU) needs to achieve the creation of a single defense space. This was announced on May 17 by Roberto Cingolani, head of the Italian engineering holding and defense contractor Leonardo.

"We need to wake up, create a kind of European defense space, and strengthen cooperation between defense companies," he said in an interview with Bloomberg.

Cingolani stressed that the European continent is too destroyed in the context of the defense complex. According to him, there is an abundance of platforms for fighter jets, tanks and helicopters, as well as 27 national armies that differ from each other.

In addition, the top manager noted that in the future, Europe must find ways to unite in order to become a more reliable partner for NATO.

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On May 6, the online publication EurAktiv reported on an appeal from 14 of the 27 EU countries to the European Commission with a request to provide budget breaks in order to increase defense spending. According to the portal, this situation raises concerns that Brussels' plan to rearm by €800 billion over the next five years will fail.

Former Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on April 21 that the plan to rearm the EU would lead to its disintegration. He expressed the opinion that such an initiative would only create an "illusion of security." According to him, for effective measures, it is necessary to conduct a dialogue with countries and build a "peace horizon" between states through negotiations.