EU pledges EUR 500m to boost ammunition output in Europe

The EU earmarks EUR 500m for manufacturing of artillery shells, missiles and gunpowder in an effort to speed up production of ammunition for Ukraine and galvanize the bloc’s defense industry.
Photo: Johanna Geron
Photo: Johanna Geron
By Natalia Drozdiak, Bloomberg

Among a raft of measures, the European Commission proposed the funds to co-finance projects alongside EU governments. It offered around half of the funding for companies to ramp up output capacity or refit old stocks of ammunition to make them operational again.

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