Bombs on Gaza, business for The Netherlands and Belgium
…shifted to Belgium. Although the Wallonian government does not give any figures about the transfer of military goods at all, it is known that El Al has 2 to 3…
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Europarlementariërs uit het hele politieke spectrum beloven op te komen tegen extreme lobbyinvloed van bedrijven
…for People campagne website is: www.politicsforpeople.eu [2] De campagnevideo is te bekijken op: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB7CYtyJH34 [3] Een volledige lijst van de organisaties die Politics for People steunen vindt u hier: http://politicsforpeople.eu/en/about-us/…
Over 142.000 EU citizens ask EU: don’t invest in arms
…better Europe; for a European Union committed to social and economic justice, environmental sustainability and citizen-led democracy. ENAAT recently launched an online information tool about the EU Defence Fund …
The European Parliament allowed for a further step towards EU militarisation and the development of controversial weapons
…this programme and alerting the general public about further worrying developments. “Indeed the Defence Fund for 2021-2027 could pour €13 billion to the arms industry from the EU budget only,…
From the Sahara to the Sea: Militarizing European Border Zones
…film made by David Fedele and Kumut Imesh, about the hardships faced on the migrant trail from West-Africa to Europe. The film is told through the eyes of a West-African…
Race to the bottom on arms export control
…(2008/944/CFSP) and the UN Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). The major change is that when problems arise about interpretation of the arms control regulations, it is defined in ‘Toulouse’ that a…
The border-industrial complex: lobbying for and profiting from increased border security and control
…had about €4.5 billion to spend in total. One big winner was Italian shipbuilding company Fincantiere, which earned over €120 million providing patrol vessels to Greece, Italy and Malta. The…
European arms exports, militarisation and borders
…in the world, after the USA, and are responsible for about a quarter of the global total. During the last decade over 450 thousand arms export licences, worth €276 billion,…
Arms exports and new governments in the Netherlands and Germany
…German new coalitions. Angela Merkel left a large legacy of billions of major arms sales. As a commentator in the Sächsische Zeitung wrote: “If the German government is serious about…
Monsoon and Dutch military sales to South Asia
…license NL0074CDIU0127901 of December 27, 2019). We know about the sales thanks to a article on the ships and their capabilities by Jane’s (a major publishing house on military matters)….