Defence budgets, EU and NATO decisions, procurement and Europe's industrial capacity.
European defence spending rose by a fifth in 2025 and NATO expects it to rise again in 2026. EU loans are arriving more slowly than planned, cooperation targets are far from met and industry points to shortages of explosives, materials and skilled staff. What has been decided, paid and built, by source.
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