{"id":68538,"date":"2024-09-09T19:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2024\/09\/09\/eu-buys-too-much-defense-equipment-abroad-especially-from-us-report\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:10:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:10:42","slug":"eu-buys-too-much-defense-equipment-abroad-especially-from-us-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/europe\/2024\/09\/09\/eu-buys-too-much-defense-equipment-abroad-especially-from-us-report\/","title":{"rendered":"EU buys too much defense equipment abroad, especially from US: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

European Union countries<\/a> are buying too much of their defense equipment abroad, almost two-thirds of it in the United States, and failing to invest enough in joint military projects, a landmark report on EU competitiveness warned Sept. 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 27 member states are also failing to make best use of Europe\u2019s research and development capacities to modernize their armed forces, with just a fraction the level of U.S. investment, said the report by former Italian prime minister and European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report comes as the EU continues to struggle to find enough weapons and ammunition to help Ukraine survive the full-scale Russian invasion, now in its third year, and to kickstart Europe\u2019s defense industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\t