How does Europe’s defence spending shape up as Trump pressures allies?

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How does Europe’s defence spending shape up as Trump pressures allies?  Europe's military capabilities remain heavily reliant on the US, while both Russia and China have substantially advanced their production capacities and technological capabilities.   READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/06/26/how-does-europes-defence-spending-shape-up-as-trump-pressures-allies  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00How does Europe's defense spending shape up as Trump pressures allies?

00:10Europe is far from ready to defend itself, at least not by 2030,

00:14primarily due to its dependence on foreign production and technology.

00:19This is the warning issued by a report produced by Bruegel and the Kiel Institute.

00:24Currently, Europe imports a substantial amount of weapons.

00:27Imports have increased from approximately US$3.4 billion for the period between 2019 and 2021

00:35to US$8.5 billion between 2022 and 2024 in EU countries.

00:42The US is the main trading partner for military equipment both for the EU

00:47and the main European countries except for France.

00:50However, the average delivery time of defense equipment manufactured in European countries

00:56like Germany, the UK and Poland can reach four years.

01:00Europe also lacks some top military technologies with development timelines often stretching into decades

01:07rather than just a few years.

01:09Although there are emerging European startups focused on drone manufacturing,

01:13the technology is evolving rapidly so drones older than six months

01:17may already see a significant decline in their effectiveness.

01:22Meanwhile, both Russia and China have substantially advanced their production capacities

01:27as well as technological capabilities.

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