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The partnership \u201caims to provide increased investments to strengthen the EU collective defense capabilities,\u201d the statement further said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The EIB has traditionally been strictly civilian. Restrictions on its lending and funding policies ruled out funding most military projects or procurements. Those rules have been weakened in the past half-decade, especially since the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A memorandum of understanding between the EDA and the EIB was signed as early as 2018, with the latest agreement as an update to the original document. While the watershed moment came in February 2022, with Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, a collection of small moves aimed at steering the Brussels bureaucracy towards defense outcomes has effectively eroded a longstanding taboo, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2024\/06\/21\/the-eus-fresh-designs-for-funding-a-defense-resurgence-explained\/\">as Defense News has previously reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe EIB Group is implementing its objectives outlined in the Defence Action Plan, and is committed to helping scale up this industry,\u201d said EIB Vice President Robert de Groot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By collaborating with the Agency, the EIB and its components are meant to be better informed about needs of the defense sector. This will \u201creinforce our shared goal of enhancing European security,\u201d said Marjut Falkstedt, chief executive of the European Investment Fund, a part of the EIB tasked with supporting small- and medium-sized enterprises across the continent. The fund has played a significant role in the EU bank\u2019s efforts to enter the security space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">European governments have allocated more funding to military matters since Russia invaded Ukraine and the resulting loss of a sense of security on the continent. Simultaneously, the EU has become more assertive in the defense space, a field traditionally considered a prerogative purely of the 27 member states\u2019 national governments and NATO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the first time ever, the European Union this year will get a dedicated defense commissioner, nominated by Ursula von der Leyen after her re-election as the Bloc\u2019s head and expected to be confirmed by November. While far from a traditional defense minister \u2013 national governments aren\u2019t willing to give up that much power to Brussels quite yet \u2013 the new commission post will likely work to coordinate joint procurement and further European military integration. Both trends have increasingly entered the policy mainstream across the continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Simultaneously, some have called for the EU to play a more prominent role in defense procurement and funding. 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