The language represents Brussels’ most explicit attempt yet in leveraging aid to bolster Europe’s defense industrial base, though not all members agree.
The project’s continuation, while low-key and under pressure before 2020 from China to end it or move it to a Chinese location, strengthens Taiwan’s image.
The government refused to accept delivery of new F-35s for a year between 2023 and 2024, which led to jets being stockpiled at Lockheed Martin facilities.
A “modest implementation” of DOW would cost taxpayers about $10 million, the report said. That figure could rise to $125 million if adopted more broadly.
Senate Republicans have voted to dismiss a war powers resolution that would have limited President Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks on Venezuela.