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# Defence Commissioner Kubilius tells MEPs EU needs a 'big bang' on rearmament
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-03-06-kubilius-eu-defence-big-bang-itre/
- Published: 2025-03-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T12:02:35.000Z
- Description: Defence Commissioner Kubilius told the European Parliament's ITRE committee the EU needs a big bang on defence, contrasting the EUR 800 billion mobilised fiscal space with EDIP's own EUR 1.5 billion budget and the 63 percent of procurement still bought from the US.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #verified, #opinion, #ai-drafted

Verified Opinion AI-drafted [EU Perspectives, 11 March 2025](https://euperspectives.eu/2025/03/we-need-a-big-bang-says-defence-commissioner-kubilius-but-he-is-short-on-ammo/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** His remarks state a position on EU defence industrial policy; they do not themselves commit new EU funding or change any regulation.

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