Central European Researchers'
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The European Union (EU) has put forward several funding programmes to boost the European defence technological and industrial base. With the East-West divide growing in terms of defence industrial preparedness since the Central and Eastern European states joined the EU, extension of the benefits of this industrial strategy to less-developed Member States should be prioritised.

New challenges arise in the implementation of the European defence industrial strategy. Europe must appease both its allies and its companies.