{"id":9992,"date":"2025-06-13T16:20:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T13:20:11","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-06-13T16:20:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T13:20:11","slug":"post-brexit-reset-falters-as-france-targets-uk-defense-firms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harici.com.tr\/en\/post-brexit-reset-falters-as-france-targets-uk-defense-firms\/","title":{"rendered":"Post-Brexit reset falters as France targets UK defense firms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-spacing=\"double\">Despite a post-Brexit reset, France is attempting to exclude British arms companies from the EU&#8217;s defense industry program.<\/p>\n<p data-spacing=\"double\">A diplomatic source told <em>The Telegraph<\/em> that Paris is trying to limit member states wishing to purchase weapons under this program to those manufactured predominantly within the bloc.<\/p>\n<p data-spacing=\"double\">The European Defence Industry Programme (EDIP) is being touted by the European Commission as the most significant overhaul of the continent&#8217;s industrial base. Under the program, EU funds will be channeled into joint procurement projects and the production of weapons, ammunition, and other military equipment.<\/p>\n<p data-spacing=\"double\">The EDIP, which has been in preparation for six months, is part of a broader race to spend \u20ac800 billion on defense by the end of the decade.<\/p>\n<p data-spacing=\"double\">French diplomats have insisted that this vehicle should only be used to support companies based in the EU, Norway, and Ukraine. This would mean that member states seeking to make purchases under the program would be limited to technologies where at least 85% of their components are produced within the bloc.<\/p>\n<p data-spacing=\"double\">This demand means the United Kingdom, which recently signed a major defense and security agreement with Brussels, would be excluded from most projects financed by the EU budget. 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But at the first opportunity to put those words into action, we closed the book.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-spacing=\"double\">There are also concerns that France&#8217;s hardline stance could lead to potential EU funding cuts for factories producing Patriot surface-to-air missile defense systems because they are based on US technology.<\/p>\n<p data-spacing=\"double\">This decision comes at a time when NATO&#8217;s European allies and Canada have been warned that they need to increase their air defense systems by 400% to counter a potential Russian attack.<\/p>\n<p data-spacing=\"double\">&#8220;It seems self-defeating not to invest in the only available air defense system just because it&#8217;s American-made,&#8221; the diplomat added.<\/p>\n<p data-spacing=\"double\">French President Emmanuel Macron has been insistent that EU defense plans should be used to strengthen the continent&#8217;s own industry rather than allowing funds to be invested in foreign companies. 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