The request to the president of the European Investment Bank (EIB), Nadia Calviño, was signed by the leaders of the Executive of countries such as Finland, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Slovakia, Spain, Estonia, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Romania and Sweden.

Calviño announced yesterday that the institution she is in charge of will double defense investments this year, to two billion euros, to respond to the mandate to improve companies’ access to financing.

However, the letter sent to the official requests the mobilization of additional investments, considering the matter as an “urgent necessity” to reinforce the defensive capacity and the security of the community block.

In this way, the text advocates a new relaxation of the bank’s regulations, so that it can provide funds for purely military projects.

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