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

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 urging faster EU-wide defence procurement and a Security Council; moves no question itself. 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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