ABSTRACT The European Commission's proposal for the €13 bn European Defence Fund (EDF) to incentivise collaborative defence research and capability development projects with EU funding was an ambitious statement of policy intent to drive forward European defence cooperation. However, the summer 2020 EU budget negotiations left it with only about 60% of that amount over the 2021-2027 period. This debate contribution argues that despite this curtailment in resource and ambition, the European Commission can still maximise the EDF's impact to benefit European defence industry by ensuring that the various defence industrial policy activities it is already leading are achieving their full potential, incentivising EU governments to acquire and use the capabilities developed through the Fund, and maintaining coherence amongst existing research projects, capability development projects, and joint capability requirements.

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欧盟委员会如何帮助欧洲的国防工业？通过充分利用它已经在做的事情

摘要 欧盟委员会提议设立 130 亿欧元的欧洲防务基金 (EDF)，以激励欧盟资助的合作防务研究和能力开发项目，这是一项雄心勃勃的政策声明，旨在推动欧洲防务合作。然而，2020 年夏季的欧盟预算谈判使其在 2021-2027 年期间只剩下该金额的 60% 左右。本次辩论文稿认为，尽管资源和野心有所缩减，但欧盟委员会仍然可以通过确保其已经领导的各种国防工业政策活动充分发挥其潜力，激励欧盟政府采取措施，最大限度地发挥 EDF 的影响，使欧洲国防工业受益。获得和使用通过基金开发的能力，