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# EU defence commissioner Kubilius calls for the EU budget to rise for war readiness
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-07-02-kubilius-eu-defence-budget-speech/
- Published: 2026-07-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-24T04:00:52.000Z
- Description: EU Defence and Space Commissioner Andrius Kubilius told a conference that a serious Europe should raise the EU budget to at least 2 percent of GNI now, warning it could otherwise need 12 to 15 percent of GDP in wartime.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, Policy and law, #news, #verified, #opinion, #editor-read

Verified Opinion Editor-read [Euronews, 2 July 2026](https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/07/02/are-we-serious-about-war-eu-defence-chief-calls-on-countries-to-live-up-to-security-ambiti?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not commit any government to a budget figure; it records the Commissioner's own position.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. none moves; a Commissioner's opinion, not yet an institutional budget decision. [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 2026-09-24\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)