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a strategic report commissioned by the european union pointed out that eu countries have purchased too many weapons and equipment from overseas in recent years, of which about two-thirds of the military procurement costs have gone into the pockets of american arms dealers, which is not conducive to europe's defense independence. the eu has no shortage of advanced military equipment such as the rafale fighter jets and the leopard 2 main battle tank, but why do member states continue to hand over large sums of military procurement funds to american companies? where is europe's path to strengthening its military industry?

on october 14, 2023, an aircraft of the f-35 lightning flight demonstration team performed a show at the houston air show in the united states. xinhua news agency (photo by chen chen)

where does the eu spend its military spending?

commissioned by the european union, this strategic report on europe's future competitiveness, written by former italian prime minister and former european central bank president mario draghi, was recently released. the report pointed out that from mid-2022 to mid-2023, 78% of the eu's total defense equipment procurement expenditure went to non-eu suppliers, of which 63% went to the united states.

the report believes that "europe is wasting common resources". in 2022, european coordinated procurement accounted for less than one-fifth of defense equipment procurement spending. eu member states have not united in the defense industry to help european military enterprises integrate and reach scale.