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CEPA column: Europe's car crisis is a defence conversion opportunity

Andreas Urbanski, deepi.ai founder and former Google Cloud and Airbus Defence and Space executive, argues in CEPA that Europe should convert car plants to defence output, citing VW Osnabrueck's Rafael Iron Dome deal, as EU defence spending nears 3.5 percent of GDP by 2035.

Verified Opinion Abroad AI-drafted CEPA, 15 September 2026

What it does not test. Does not establish that any carmaker beyond Volkswagen Osnabrueck has committed to conversion or that Germany's EV subsidy design will change.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. opinion argues Europe wide auto to defence conversion; moves no question until acted on. 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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