Commentary
Democratic Security
Bulgaria Votes – Russia Hopes for a New Orbán
16 April 2026
28 March 2024
The EU’s green agenda and boosting the defence industry capacity have more in common than meets the eye. In fact, the future of the European project depends on realising how vital the connection is.
Gigabytes of words have been written, said and televised in recent weeks about the need to increase the production of ammunition, weapons and other military equipment in the European Union.
The same has been true for a long time about the need to increase European industrial production of green technologies due to climate change and the strategy of “de-risking” from dependence on China by mining and processing precious metals and minerals on the EU territory.