Ukraine prevails! It’s in Europe's interest to integrate battle-tested 🇺🇦industrial&defence capabilities. Ukraine's EU membership can move ahead by building a European Defence Union with Ukraine. UK, Norway can be closely associated. #VisegradInsight #URC2026

Integration of 🇪🇺 and 🇺🇦 defence industries is very much needed for the EU and for Ukraine. Such integration is a strategic move towards the full integration of Ukraine. 🇪🇺instruments to support it - USL, BravetechEU, EDF, EDIP, SAFE, EDPCIs, where European and Ukrainian industries can work together!

Good discussion at #URC2026 on the ways to integrate Ukraine's industry into Europe's defence production —#EDIP Ukraine, joint ventures, innovation forges, common procurement, 🇪🇺 EU flagships etc., where Ukraine can deliver in building European strategic enablers.

A strong Eastern Flank is in the vital interest of the entire European Union. Threats are real! Ready to act together to counter them and further support Ukraine 🇺🇦. With EU 🇪🇺 support on all levels, with €150 billion of #SAFE loans.

Today I’m in Gdansk 🇵🇱, at #URC2026🇺🇦🇪🇺. Solidary & strength with 🇺🇦!

The courage of Ukraine's armed forces has shifted the momentum on the battlefield. The tide is turning. And the resolve of the Ukrainian people has shown to the world that their European choice cannot be broken. Ukraine will prevail, grow, prosper ↓ link.europa.eu/tdFJd3

🛡️ Another milestone for #EUDefence and Eastern Flank security. Lithuania 🇱🇹 has received €956.3M (15%) of its €3.5B allocation under the #SAFE instrument. This will support faster key defence investments and capability upgrades. 🔗 link.europa.eu/8X6vBw

Our startups and SMEs need space to grow and innovate. UA shows: innovation transforms war doctrine. EU needs a true Defence Market. Good discussion #FES_Europa with MEP Tobias Cremer, Nicole Pirozzi, moderated by Teri Schultz.

Good meeting with Julien Compère, CEO of FN Browning Group. Good to see our defence industry scaling up, and with our European support initiatives we can move even faster to achieve #DefenceReadiness 2030.

У трагедии России есть одно имя — Путин. Трансформация России и ее возвращение к нормальности важнее для безопасности Европы, чем новая «перезагрузка отношений с Путиным», которая лишь продолжит трагедию России и легко может стать трагедией для всего европейского континента. 1/⬇️

We need NATO 3.0.  Europeans to lead on conventional defence of the continent. We need: 
➡️ to support Ukraine & integrate with 🇺🇦; ➡️ to learn from Ukraine how to make “good enough” defence products; ➡️ a more integrated European defence market for our power to defend.

1/ Tragedy of Russia has one name - Putin. Transformation of Russia back to normality is more important for Europe's security,  than new “reset of relations with Putin”, which will only continue the tragedy of Russia and can become the tragedy of the whole European continent. ⬇️

There are 3 things we now need to do and are doing: 📍support Ukraine & integrate with Ukraine; 📍from slow & low “haute couture” to massive “good enough” production; 📍integrated, effective European defence market. Speech at the European Defence and Security Summit⬇️ ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Last week we signed #SAFE defence loan agreement with Latvia 🇱🇻. €3.5 bln to close critical capability gaps and provide necessary military equipment for 🇱🇻. Another milestone for European defence achieved! #ProtectWhatMatters #EUDefence

Today at the opening of #FrankenburgTech factory in Latvia. Inspiring story of this disruptive rocket technology company: 🇪🇪 Estonian leadership of the company, 🇱🇻 Latvian perfect conditions for defence investment, 🇪🇺 European best talents in the team - this is what Eastern Flank provides.

Delighted to meet with 🇱🇻 Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs during my mission in Riga today. Good discussion on our steps towards achieving European #DefenceReadiness. 🇪🇺#SAFE loan agreement we signed today will contribute to the Eastern Flank defence capabilities.

Countries of the Eastern Flank take defence seriously. Today we signed €3,5 bln #SAFE agreement with Latvia🇱🇻, supporting the procurement of unmanned aerial vehicles, guided missiles and anti-drone systems, while accelerating the development of defence capabilities.

The EPP, the biggest political party in @europarl.europa.eu and in #EUCO, made a strong pre-EUCO #EPP Summit Statement on defence: ⁃ the need of TEU Art. 42.7 operationalisation, with pre-crisis planing, clear activation and consultation mechanisms, toolbox of commitments; 1/⬇️

Good meeting with 🇲🇩 MOD Anatolie Nosatîi. Moldova is a promising destination for defence industrial cooperation, ready to enter European defence industry architecture and support programs 🇪🇺. Discussions will continue on engaging more, including in domains of security and defence partnership.

#EUCO conclusions send a strong messages of support to what we are doing in order to strengthen European #DefenceReadiness, to ramp-up European defence production, and to boost support to Ukraine. Clear emphasis on the importance of Eastern Flank Watch. 1/ www.consilium.europa.eu/media/r1rowt...

I met with NATO Supreme Allied Commander for Transformation Adm. Pierre Vandier and Chair of the EU Military Committee Gen. Seán Clancy on what 🇪🇺 can and should do more to strengthen European defence capabilities in the light of the upcoming transatlantic changes within NATO.

🇪🇺🇨🇦 Transatlantic defence ties are strong, and the EU–Canada Industry Dialogue at #Eurosatory2026 proved it. Canada is a trusted partner. Happy to see growing European defence industry ties with Canada’s defence companies, the EU instruments like SAFE will facilitate this. 1/

Russia’s war against Ukraine brought a lot of tragedies to the Ukrainian people.  But this war is also a tragedy for Russia itself. And not only because Moscow today is burning or hundreds of thousands of Russians are dying for nothing on the front lines. 1/

Pleasure to meet Minister-President of Wallonia 🇧🇪 Adrien Dolimont. We are focused on helping to strengthen European defence industry, a strategic resource of defence, crucial for achieving European #DefenceReadiness and NATO capability targets.

Good working meeting with 🇺🇦Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov in Brussels 🇪🇺. Preparations for #USL disbursement are well underway and we will use the new momentum on the battlefield for Ukraine to prevail and to build a common European defence with Ukraine.

Today I hosted National Armament Directors to discuss how Europe can meet Ukraine’s battlefield needs. How to best transform our €60 billion Ukraine support loan into real defence capabilities. Ukraine needs European industry production now! Member States are answering the call.

#EUDefence production must accelerate to match today’s security realities. At today’s #ImplementationDialogue, the message was clear: we are not yet ramping up at the speed and scale required. We need fewer bespoke systems, more scalable solutions & a truly integrated market.1/

Today at the biggest defence industry meet up #Eurosatory2026, impressed with so much European power, scale, innovation! Big&small, new&established, from the south to the east of the EU&🇺🇦 - everyone is here! Thank you 🇫🇷 France and minister Catherine Vautrin for this opportunity.

Today at #Eurosatory2026, EU & France signed #SAFE agreement. Happy to see that 🇫🇷 France is benefiting from 🇪🇺 EU instruments. SAFE brings ambition, scale, interoperability, innovation to European & Ukrainian defence industry.

Glad to be at #Eurosatory 🇫🇷, the biggest meet-up of the defence industry. #EUDefence markets are underpinned by 27 sets of rules. Fragmentation costs money, creates barriers slows innovation for businesses. 1/ Read my keynote ⬇️ 🔗https://link.europa.eu/8K9Qmc

Great exchange of ideas and opinions on challenges Europe faces, the need for strong political leadership, our defence readiness and support for Ukraine - with former Prime Ministers José María Aznar, Theresa May, Mikuláš Dzurinda hosted by former Commission President José Manuel Barroso 1/

Putin hates historical facts: Orthodoxy started in Kyiv and only later spread to Moscow. Civilised people cherish their roots. Putin destroys them. The attack on Kyiv Pechersk Lavra is uncivilised and brutal but not surprising. Respect for history is alien to the Putin regime.

Read my 4 arguments for the European Defence Union, elaborated in the keynote “The way to achieve a genuine European Defence Union” delivered at the debate by the European Parliament Former Members Association ⬇️ ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Another strong milestone for #SAFE🇪🇺 and European security — we just signed SAFE agreement with Greece. It will help 🇬🇷 enhance its defence capabilities in the Mediterranean region through investments in strategic surveillance, secure communications & counter-drone technologies.

We still need to understand the vital interest of Europe to have Ukraine with the best army in our security architecture and to strengthen 🇪🇺 defence. We need to increase our support to prevailing 🇺🇦 & to push for peace through strength. Full speech ⬇️ ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Today’s agreement on Defence Readiness Omnibus brings big change: Max 100 days to wait for defence industry permits instead up to 4 yrs. Simpler procurement rules, smaller burdens. Small steps in rules, big steps in #DefenceReadiness! We’ll continue to defragment defence market.

Timely exchange with Minister-President Daniel Günther and the Government of Schleswig-Holstein. We discussed strengthening Europe’s defence readiness, boosting industrial capacity and the Baltic Sea region. Regional leadership matters for #DefenceReadiness.

Every year we meet in Brussels to read aloud the names of victims of Soviet mass deportations. Our remembrance honours the memory of the millions who perished due to Soviet crimes against humanity.

Good discussion today at the Martens Centre on European security architecture and Ukraine as its strategic pillar. I shared my thoughts on European Defence Union, European Security Council and how we should integrate 🇺🇦defence capabilities and defence industry ↓ www.youtube.com/live/4m4ZB8F...

Today at 🇪🇺Defence ministers’ meeting in Nicosia 🇨🇾. We discussed continued support for 🇺🇦 with the Ukraine Support Loan, further cooperation of 🇪🇺🇺🇦 industry, also addressed European Security Strategy & in particular maritime security. Thanks @cy2026eu.bsky.social for hosting our discussions.

Good input to the “intellectual Big-Bang”on European defence by @ecfr.eu. Wide scope of issues, deep analysis/ideas: from European defence industry development to European Strategic Enablers, from European nuclear deterrence to the role of E5+ in pan-European defence developments. 1/

Glad to meet Thales Belgium in Brussels. Thanks for rocket ramp up with €10 mln 🇪🇺#ASAP support! Real impact – countering drones and saving lives in 🇺🇦. Boosting European defence, creating jobs in Wallonia. We’ll continue to support industry for European #DefenceReadiness!

🌊 Meet #OceanEye - a new window on our oceans, powered by 🛰️ #CopernicusEU 🇪🇺 It supports: 🔹 Climate monitoring 🔹 Protection of infrastructure 🔹 Military mobility 🌍 Helping Europe become a global leader in ocean intelligence by 2035. 🔗 ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Good to meet MEPs from the informal cross party network for the European Defence Union. Parliamentarians are best placed to encourage a frank debate on how to achieve a genuine EDU. Looking forward to working with you!

Historic conclusion of US general Pershing during the WWI: “battles are won by infantry, wars are won by logistics”. Today Ukrainian experience shows - battles are won by drones, wars are won by defence innovation & industry, able to scale up “good enough” production. 1/

We need a Defence Single Market, a space for startups & scale-ups to change supply, which will change demand & influence war doctrines. Without it, there will be no change in military doctrines. There will not be enough space for risk & for Business Angels. 1/

No time to wait! One more country on the firm trajectory to increase European defence readiness! Cyprus 🇨🇾 is already the 6th country to sign a SAFE agreement. Very soon EU support will start reaching Cyprus' military and industry

Europe needs national Parliaments also to answer - how do we build a post cold war NATO 3.0? How we are going to make the European Pillar of NATO stronger? In order to make our transatlantic NATO stronger. How to achieve Single Defence Market in the EU? 1/

Happy to discuss how to strengthen European capabilties in NATO.  We need to continue spending more for our defence, but need to do it in a coordinated manner. Europe must remove critical barriers to European Defence Single Market. Less barriers - more growth & efficiency.

This week we have signed the #SAFE loan agreement with Belgium 🇧🇪 Defence Minister Theo Francken: The SAFE mechanism is the most interesting mechanism to help protect European citizens since the creation of the European Union.  #ProtectWhatMatters #EUDefence