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DigitalEurope backs European Security Council, urges faster defence procurement

DigitalEurope director general Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl, responding to von der Leyen's State of the Union address, backed a European Security Council complementing NATO and urged faster procurement to turn defence spending into deployable AI, cyber, drone, space and secure connectivity capabilities.

Verified Opinion AI-drafted DigitalEurope statement, 24 September 2026

What the source does not establish. Does not itself commit funding, adopt a rule or select a supplier; the position is DigitalEurope's own.

Index score. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. opinion urging faster EU-wide defence procurement and a Security Council; moves no question itself. European Sovereignty Index

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