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Ultimately, the transition to a war ready continent faces deep structural and regulatory limits
Thomas Regnier and other EU officials acknowledge that decades of underinvestment cannot be reversed overnight. Regulatory bottlenecks and limited production capacity in the defense industry remain significant hurdles. As the EU fast-tracks reforms and releases billions in pre-financing for missile and drone projects, the fundamental question remains: can the European Union modernize its industry and unify its defense strategy fast enough to deter a conflict that many experts believe is no longer a matter of ‘if,’ but ‘when’?
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