Message to Ankara that the threats At the expense of an EU Member State they are closing the door for a country’s involvement in European defense programs, today the European Commission.
The Commission’s representative responsible for defense issues Tomas Renée by answering questions about the Ability to participate in third countries in Safe average, He said today that the Commission has taken seriously the concerns raised by some member states.
“We have already taken seriously the concerns raised by some member states when we recommended Safe. Article 16 is clear. The participation of a third country can be excluded, If that third country poses an immediate threat to the defense or security of an EU Member State or throughout the EU »said Tomas Renée.
Tomas Renée also referred to the safe assurance clause. As he explained, up to 65% of the ingredients of a common commission should come from EU, ESA/EEA or Ukraine countries. All third countries can participate in a percentage of no greater than 35% of the product ingredients.
It is recalled that the prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in a recent interviewhad emphasized that There can be no EU cooperation on defense programs with a country that maintains Casus Belli against Greece. Mr Mitsotakis had even noted that he intends to raise the issue of his lifting to Tayyip Erdogan, while reports that the Athens message has already been sent to European capitals and Brussels.
Through Safe, EU will fund emergency and large -scale investments in European defense technological and industrial base. In particular, the EU will provide up to € 150 billion that will be disbursed in the interested Member States on request and based on national plans. Disbursements will take the form of long -lasting loans at competitive prices.
Safe provides for cooperation with third countries. Ukraine and the countries of European Economic Economic Area-European Free Transaction Zone (EEA-EAZES) will be addressed under the same terms as Member States, and also allowed participation in the integrated countries, in the candidate countries, which have signed corporate security and defense relations with the EU.