The White Paper supports the EU’s role in defence, but with a clear focus on the funds and the programmes to improve the Member States’ military capacities “that are also of importance to NATO”, to enhance interoperability and to strengthen the European and national defence industrial bases. [...] (Defence White Paper 2022) The need to speed up the delivery of weapon systems and ammunition to Ukraine as well as the urgency to modernise and expand the capabilities of the Dutch Armed Forces have resulted in changing the first principle. [...] Predictably, the decision to grant the order for the next generation of diesel-electric submarines to the French Naval Group was met with considerable resistance in the Dutch Parliament, as the offer of the Damen-Saab Kockums consortium was not accepted. [...] However, in case of a return by Donald Trump to the White House and the campaigns of political leaders in Europe to develop a European Defence Union for the defence of Europe, the new Dutch government of Prime Minister Dick Schoof might find itself quickly in troubled waters due to the anti-EU line of the PVV. [...] In the foreseeable future, procurement for the Dutch Army offers the most potential as the growing integration of the land forces of Germany and the Netherlands requires both countries to operate fully interchangeably, with (100% identical) weapon systems, logistics, and information and communication systems.
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Table of Contents
- 1 0 4 - C O M M E N T 1
- First name Surname 2
- Dick Zandee 2
- BUY MORE EUROPEAN 5
- MQ- 6
- 9 Reaper Puls 6
- Eurodrone 6
- Tomahawk 6
- F-35 6
- Leopard 2-A8 7
- Main Ground 7
- Combat Systems 7
- JOINT PROCUREMENT PRACTICES 7
- F-126 7
- F-35 7
- A330-MRTT 8
- C-390M 8
- C-130 8
- H225M Caracal 8
- Cougars Caracals 8
- Caracal 8
- Puls 8
- HIMARS 8
- GMLRS 8
- EURO-PULS 8
- Spike 8
- Spike LR-2 8
- CONCLUSION 8
- REFERENCES 9
- A stronger Netherlands a safer Europe Investing in a robust NATO and EU 9
- Actieagenda productie- en leveringszekerheid munitie en defensiematerieel 9
- Defence Expenditure of NATO countries 2014-2024 9
- Defensienota 2024 Sterk slim en samen 2024 Defence White Paper English version not 9
- Defense 9
- News 9
- Spain-Netherlands non-paper on strategic autonomy while preserving an open economy 9
- The Armament Industry 10
- European Research Group 10
- The Armament Industry 10
- European Research Group 10
