The functional scope - Defence capabilities and industry - the industrial dimension

3 important questions on The functional scope - Defence capabilities and industry - the industrial dimension

What factors make it difficult for EU-member states to continue to develop their own national Defence Technological and Industrial Base (DTIB)?

- The globalisation of defence supply chains
- The rising costs for vital technologies
- Cooperation under the CSDP implies that, while the defence industry is increasingly global in nature, EU member states can and do frame defence-industrial cooperation at the EU-level

What is the aim of the two directives that play a key role in shaping the European defence market?

To liberalise the European defence market while also improving the security of supply for the member state

What are several tensions that lie at the heart of the EDTIB concept?

- What is the right balance between internally liberalising the European defence market and protecting the European industry from competition?
- Should the EDTIB lead to a preference to buy European defence technologies and equipment despite the fact that many states buy off-the-shelf equipment from non-europeans suppliers?
- What is the right balance between supporting competition of larger national defence markets in Europe and nurturing defence markets in smaller countries

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