The deal concludes months of tough talks and will allow Ottawa to take part in procurements financed by the EU’s SAFE program.

The deal concludes months of tough talks and will allow Ottawa to take part in procurements financed by the EU’s SAFE program.

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  • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
    37·
    7 days ago

    It’s very significant that Canada joined IMO, they have a lot of good tech that can benefit us all if we make agreements on production. I really hope the SAAB Gripen deal goes though with Canada, it could be a major boost to SAAB, and it’s such a cool deal for both parties.

    Countries not in EU that have joined SAFE:

    Albania, Canada, Japan, Moldova, North Macedonia, Norway, South Korea, and the United Kingdom.

    https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/eu-defence-industry/safe-security-action-europe_en

    Interesting that South Korea and Japan are in tit too. 👍

      • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        7 days ago

        I heard not long ago they were not considered stable enough by EU to participate, but they are in the list, which I have to admit I’m quite happy about, UK should be a significant part of the European defense.

        • Riddick3001@lemmy.worldEnglish
          12·
          7 days ago

          Afaik fhe issue for UK was the high entree fee. Also SAFE is part of " warmer EU ties", ilke the Erasmus project, and as such it maybe considered as sort of “package deal”. So, could be they are not YET onboard, but since Starmer put the EU common market on the agenda recently, it might be renegotiated later this year.