OUR Thierry BretonEU commissioner for the internal market, visited the facilities of defense giants such as MBDA And Nexter V France. Then this week he will visit her Czech Republic And Slovakia, later than her Poland and maybe her ItalyPolitico reports.

Echoing the positions that the President of France has already expressed publicly Emmanuel Macronthe French commissioner is also in a hurry to support, with his past war in Ukrainethat Europeans should buy more European weapon systems.

“The idea is basically to buy European (s.s.: systems), we have the capacity,” he said after visiting the facilities MBDA And Nexter.

“In general, the French defense industry, a sector that has historically had close ties to the French state, could receive a large share of new contracts for the purchase of weapons systems, especially if the countries of Central and Eastern Europe want to move away from the purchase of American weapons systems,” notes Politico, referring to the French defense industry such as Nexter, MBDA, Dassault Aviation, Safran And Thales.

“After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European defense industry, and especially the French one, was forced to increase its production in order to help Kiev, on the one hand, repel Moscow’s aggression and, on the other hand, replace the weapons donated by European armies. to Ukraine,” the same article says.

“For the first time, EU plans joint arms purchase – move that could benefit European companiesThe politics continues.

“This strategy provides for The EU will jointly negotiate procurement contracts to ensure the supply of ammunition to Ukraine and at the same time replenish Europe’s stocks depleted by donations..

The same strategy also leaves open the possibility EU to help countries collectively buy missiles for Ukraine. For this work, EE has allocated 1 billion euros for new purchases.”

According to Politico