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Croatia signs EUR 1.7 billion SAFE loan agreement with the EU for defence

Croatia's deputy prime ministers Ivan Anusic and Tomislav Coric signed a SAFE loan agreement worth up to EUR 1.7 billion with EU Commissioner Andrius Kubilius at Banski Dvori, financing future defence procurement under the EU instrument.

Verified Croatian Ministry of Defence (MORH) press release, 14 May 2026

What it does not test. This does not establish which suppliers or companies will receive contracts funded by the loan.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. EU loan agreed; suppliers/tech not yet chosen, so no pillar shift yet. European Sovereignty Index

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