The European Union for the Exclusion of the United States, the United Kingdom and Turkey from the reinstalization fund 150 billion euros

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Arms companies will be excluded from the United States, the United Kingdom and Turkey from the new defense financing of 150 billion euros unless their original countries expect defense and security agreements with Brussels.

The planned box for the capitals on the weapons will be only open European Union Defense companies and those of the third countries that signed defense agreements with the bloc, according to the presentation of the European Commission’s proposal on Wednesday.

It will also exclude any advanced weapons systems that a third country had a “design authority” – restrictions on building or using certain components – or ultimately controlling their use.

This would exclude the United States Defense Plastic and SEO defense platform, which is manufactured by the RTX defense contractor and other American arms systems where Washington has intersections about its place of use.

This policy is a victory for France and other countries that demanded a “European purchase” approach to push defensive investment on the continent, amid fears of relying on the long term of the United States as a defensive partner and a resource that President Donald Trump resulted in.

At least 65 percent of the cost of products in the European Union, Norway and Ukraine must be spent. The rest can be spent on products from the third countries that signed a security agreement.

“We have this opportunity to build the European defense industry.” “In the crisis, your army really needs free hands.”

The United Kingdom has severely pressured its inclusion in the initiative, especially given its main role in the “European Alliance of Resurrected”, which aims to enhance the defense capabilities on the continent. Defense companies in the United Kingdom, including Bae Systems and Babcock International, are integrated into the defense industry in European Union countries such as Italy and Sweden.

If the third countries like the United States, the United Kingdom and Turkey want to participate in the initiative, you will need to sign a defensive and security partnership with the European Union.

The talks between London and Brussels began in such an agreement, but they are involved in the demands of a larger European Union agreement, which will also include controversial issues such as fishing and immigration rights.

“We are working on a defensive and security partnership with the United Kingdom,” said Callas. “I really hope that there will be an EU-UK in May.

The exclusion of the United Kingdom and Turkey will create a great headache for major European defense companies with close relations of producers or suppliers in those markets.

When asked about the UK’s position on the rules of the new European Union Fund on Tuesday, a British official said: “We are ready to work together on the European defense in the wider European security interest to prevent retail in European defense markets and create legal structures to allow member states to partner with the third countries.”

This step will lead to a great panic in the British defense sector. One of the leading provinces of the defense industry in the United Kingdom said he was a “great concern”, adding: “We see a great deal of opportunities, and it is correct that the UK is part of Europe. But if the European Union – especially France – will be transactions on this matter, it undermines the full philosophy of common and unified Europe in the defense and security conditions.”

The previous French efforts to spend the defense of European Union companies have not only met severe resistance from countries such as GermanyItaly, Sweden and the Netherlands, which have close ties with defense producers other than the European Union.

The proposal must be approved by the majority of the European Union countries.

Under the conditions of the plan, the European Union countries will be able to spend 35 percent of loans on products that use components of Norway, South Korea, Japanese, Albania, Moldova, North Macedonia and Ukraine.

Additional reports by Philip Georgiadis