Horizon 2020: more money for building Fortress Europe
The last months of 2013 saw a continuing trend of border militarisation, with the official launch of the EU border surveillance system…
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Killer drones for Europe
In September the Dutch government finally decided to buy a mere 37 of the initially planned 85 F-35 fighter aircraft to replace…
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According to some financial institutions, nuclear weapons are not controversial
The Belgian bank KBC claims to have “the most far-reaching policy on controversial weapons in the world.“ Recently however, the report ‘Don’t…
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Algeria, Morocco naval built-up supports EU anti-immigration policies (and the Dutch arms industry)
While Europe itself is beefing up military operations to prevent immigrants from entering the EU by sea, it also supports North African…
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Selling border militarization as a humanitarian effort
Just one week after the dramatic events off the coast of Lampedusa, where more than 300 refugees drowned when their boat sank,…
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More Dutch F-16s for Jordan
Struggling to balance its budget, the Dutch armed forces badly need cash from selling surplus stock weapons. The long list of available…
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Illegal arms trade legalised
The fallout caused by the war in Libya has yet to settle, while the next military intervention is already planned. The Maghreb…
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Egypt, arms smuggling from Libyan stocks
During and after the 2011 civil war in Libya, arms and ammunition has been stolen on a massive scale. It is not…
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Arms industry support as EU economic policy
“Time has come to take ambitious action” writes the European Commission in its July 24 communication named A new deal for European…
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Military industry profits from governments’ violations of rights of refugees
Especially since the attacks on the WTC and the Pentagon in September 2011, the security market has become of increasing importance to…
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