TNO profits from lobbying for EU military funding
This year the European Defence Fund (EDF) will take off, handing out €8 billion in funding for military research and development of new…
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Stop Wapenhandel (Stop Arms Trade) is a group of independent researchers and activists on arms trade, the arms industry and lobbying. Stop Wapenhandel advocates sustainable security, not based on military power and deterrence but on solving the causes of insecurity.
Stop Wapenhandel is part of the European Network Against Arms Trade (ENAAT) and the Arms, Militarism and Climate Justice working group.
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Dutch military naval technology to Ankara, ends in Karachi
Dutch military naval technology to Ankara, ends in Karachi
The Dutch government has issued a permit for the sale of military technology…
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Frontex awards €50 million in border surveillance drone contracts to Airbus, IAI and Elbit
Last week border guard agency Frontex announced it had awarded new contracts for drone surveillance services in the Mediterranean to arms companies…
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Securitisation of migration, militarisation of borders and industry influence
[Introduction during online workshop ‘Security and the Left in Europe’ of the Rosa Luxemburg Stifting Brussels, 21 November 2020]
During the…
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Military vessels and naval production in the Eastern Mediterranean
This week EU foreign ministers will discuss the crisis in the eastern Mediterranean at an informal meeting in Berlin, while Turkey and…
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Mega Egyptian order for Dutch branch of French Thales
This week the Dutch government answered questions of the Dutch MP’s Karabulut (Socialist Party) and Van Ojik (GreenLeft) on a large military…
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Major Dutch arms export to Egypt
In July the Dutch government informed the Parliament that it gave permission to export naval command, control, communication (C3) and military radar…
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Arms watch or arms control
Annual reports on arms exports (see list) are published by almost all EU governments, but mostly not very timely. Reporting on arms…
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We need security, not more military
The defence industry is busy to sell its message that investing into armaments is a way out of the sour economic times…
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There’s no such thing as a ‘green’ army
Translation from OneWorld 18/05/2020 – Rarely in history have we faced such major challenges: we are facing a climate crisis, a pandemic,…
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