National Expectations Regarding the European Defence Fund: The Greek Perspective

Greece supports the establishment of the European Defence Fund (EDF) and regards it as an integral element in enhancing the European Defence Industrial Technological Base (EDITB) and contributing in Europe’s strategic autonomy. Greece expects the EDF to have both a European and a national impact, vis-à-vis the European Union’s defence industrial competitiveness and innovation as well as its armed forces’ military capabilities. According to the national perspective, the EDF should fund projects that address capability gaps, as they have been identified in the Capability Development Plan (CDP). Greece aspires the EDF to fund primarily conventional military capabilities that respond to the Union’s and its national needs. Extrapolating its success in securing European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP) funding, Athens is working on the lessons learnt to replicate the positive outcome with the EDF…