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# Croatia's parliament committee approves EUR 1.945 billion defence buy
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-10-30-croatia-committee-approves-safe-defence-procurement/
- Published: 2025-10-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-13T12:02:35.000Z
- Description: Croatia's parliamentary Defence Committee approved launching EUR 1.945 billion in procurement. It covers 44 Leopard 2A8 tanks, 18 Caesar howitzers and 420 Tatra trucks via the EU's SAFE loan, plus EUR 125 million for anti-drone defence from the state budget.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #reported, #editor-read

Reported Editor-read [Portal.hr, 30 October 2025](https://www.portal.hr/en/novosti/hr/101075-hrvatska-ulaze-gotovo-dvije-milijarde-eura-za-obranu-stizu-novi-tenkovi-haubice-kamioni?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not establish that Croatia's government has signed the contracts, which were still pending at year end.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-13\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)