ASD statement on European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS) and European Defence Investment Programme (EDIP)

Today, the European Commission presented the European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS) and the European Defence Investment Programme (EDIP).

Jan Pie, Secretary General of the Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) said: 

“ASD strongly welcomes EDIS and EDIP as important contributions to strengthening Europe’s capacity to protect the security of its citizens, territory, and core values.  We fully support the Commission’s objective to enhance Europe’s defence readiness and welcome the emphasis that the strategy puts on Europe’s defence industry for this readiness. We are also pleased to see that EDIS and EDIP address many of the concerns industry had made during the precedent stakeholder consultation. 

ASD will work on a deeper analysis of both documents.

The success of EDIS and EDIP will now depend very much on Member States’ reaction. Speed and financial resources will be crucial for their implementation. Since time is of essence, we hope in particular that the forthcoming European elections will not significantly slow down the legislative procedure for EDIP.”