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EIB Group lifts Defence Equity Facility target to EUR 1 billion

EIB Group Boards endorsed lifting the Defence Equity Facility to a EUR 1 billion target for pan-European defence, space and cyber funds, and set the European Tech Champions Initiative on course for EUR 15 billion to mobilise EUR 80 billion in scaleup capital.

Verified AI-drafted EIB Group press release, 25 March 2026

What it does not test. Does not establish which specific funds or companies will receive money, or that either target has yet been reached.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. EIB boards endorse EUR1bn/EUR15bn targets, EU-wide scope; no funds or recipients yet. European Sovereignty Index

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. How the record is made

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