British Floats ‘Stockpile’ weapons for the Joint European Foundation

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The Great Britain, plans for European countries, military equipment, joint-stock weapons, organized the “Suprized Institute”, which helps to finance a large-scale charter between the continent.

The informal document written by British officials and the informal document, which will borrow in markets in favorable degrees and support, offers a multilateral stock for a “eager” Defense costs.

Supported by capital and sovereign warrants, the stock gives money for both protective projects, but also creates general “reserve” equipment of participating nations, and acquires military assets.

Britain was developed by Treasury officials, “non-paper” spread through the main European capitals for the discussion last week, but did not represent the official policy of the British government. “We do not comment on the leaks,” said the British government spokesman.

Although the Foundation does not show the intended size, it says that the documents can help the defense financing in Europe estimated to be “hundred billion euros”.

British Chancellor Rachel Reveves and Norwegian counterpart Jens Stoltenberg, next week, invited to join the EU financial ministers in Warsaw, which will focus on defense financing. Reeves spoke in Cape Town in Cape Town during the meetings of the G20 financial ministers with their colleagues.

U.S. security liabilities and the President Donald Trump asked uncertainty about intense pressure on the management of the leadership, the European capital’s protection expenditures included. However, many are fighting high drawbacks and have little space to borrow.

The main purpose of the new instrument will not spare no spus of the “assets on behalf of the assets on behalf of the subscribed peoples” with the loss of overtronment budgets in advance.

“A number of models of the suprizational institution can support the growing financial capacity for defense costs,” he said.

Although the proposed fund can help to provide finances for general procurement and smaller defense companies, the main advantage can only pass weapons and ammunition areas to pay for payments only.

Potential purchases, tanks and aircraft, artillery shells, air defense ceremonies, velivopters and carriers such as explosives and logistics planes such as autopsy and logistics planes.

“The Institute will be classified in the world sector in the world sector and received equipment purchased by the organization will be registered in its balance sheet and wrote the” Advantages of Finance “.

“This will prevent the important capital value of scoring to the budgets of member countries,” he said, “Sound financial management” said.

After receiving military equipment, the countries will pay the background and recorded their budgets. “The idea (initial costs) is left out of the books,” he said.

The joint weapons acquisition of the “larger and more consolidated aggregate collection”, as well as more efficient shareholders, as well as “all members should not be kept at the same level.”

To create an additional deposit, it may lend to both commercial, but affordable degrees and governments at lowest prices at lowest prices.

Another possible use of this multilateral tool will be to finance export financing for the European defense sector: “Multinational Financing Defense Export loan financing costs can be reduced.

Paper is one of many initiatives to increase defense financing in Europe.

Unlike the EU defense financing initiatives, such as 150 billion euros, such structures may include other countries such as UK and Norway. In addition, the European Investment Bank uses the rules arising from investing direct weapons and ammunition.

“As a stable defense sector institute, the defense sector could have financed an investor base with the financing of ESG-conscious investors to add assets to its portfolio,” he said.

Some European capitals were careful about the plan. “My meaning is that it is not very practical, because it can take a long time,” he said, a formal question.

Another European official said that when welcoming his engagement in England, the main focus was “already on the plate and ended” – EU 150 billion euros credit plan.

The United Kingdom increases the domestic defense budget, and last week by Reeves was announced by £ 2025-26. Cash increased by 2.3 percent of GDP in GDP to increase by 2.3 percent to 2.5 percent to £ 6 billion every year.

Additional Report: Lucy Fisher and Sam Fleming in London