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# Croatia signs EUR 1,483.9 million Leopard 2A8 deal financed via EU SAFE loans
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-12-10-croatia-leopard-2a8-safe-loan/
- Published: 2025-12-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-08T12:01:08.000Z
- Description: Croatia signed contracts in Berlin on 10 December 2025 for 44 Leopard 2A8 tanks worth EUR 1,483.9 million. EUR 1,140.4 million of that will be financed through the EU's SAFE loan instrument between 2026 and 2030, with deliveries due from 2028.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, Policy and law, #news, #verified, #ai-drafted

Verified AI-drafted [Ministry of Defence of Croatia (MORH) press release, 10 December 2025](https://www.morh.hr/en/deputy-prime-minister-and-defence-minister-ivan-anusic-signs-contracts-in-berlin-for-the-delivery-of-44-leopard-2a8-tanks/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish that the SAFE loan tranche has itself been disbursed, only that it is earmarked to finance the contract.

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