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The EU in March presented its first-ever defense industrial strategy, and this year created the role of defense commissioner for the bloc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is the first time we use EU budget to support member states in commonly procuring defense products,\u201d the Commission\u2019s Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis will allow to provide better value for money for national defense budgets, improve the interoperability of European armed forces, strengthen our industry and make Europe better prepared to face defense threats,\u201d Verstager said. She said the five projects will also increase EU support to Ukraine with additional defense equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The EU has set out targets for member states to buy at least 40% of their defense equipment together by 2030, as well as spend at least half of their procurement budgets on products made in Europe. The commission says the benefits of joint procurement include economies of scale, better interoperability between EU countries\u2019 armed forces, and larger contracts that will strengthen the European defense industry and allow it to adapt production capacity to the continent\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The financing is being made available through an instrument called European Defence Industry Reinforcement through Common Procurement, EDIRPA for short.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The commission approved funds for nine countries, including France, Spain, Hungary and Romania, which are jointly buying MBDA\u2019s Mistral very short-range air defense systems. Six member states, including Germany and Bulgaria, will receive a financial contribution for their joint purchase of Diehl\u2019s IRIS-T SLM medium-range air defense system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EDIRPA will also support joint procurement by Finland, Latvia, Sweden and Germany of the Common Armoured Vehicle System, an armored troop carrier based on Patria\u2019s six-wheeled vehicle. 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