EU Green Rules Blocking Military Expansion
5th June 2025
European countries have blamed the EU’s environmental regulations for hindering their preparations for defending against a possible Russian invasion.
In a leaked letter obtained by The Telegraph, the nations’ defence ministers argued the rules had stopped the expansion of military bases and prevented fighter jet pilots from training.
“EU legislation may not prevent member states’ armed forces from carrying out necessary activities to become operationally ready. But right now, it does,” they wrote in a letter to Andrius Kubilius, the defence commissioner.
“Mainly (but not exclusively) in the areas of procurement legislation, nature conservation and environmental protection, and more generally the administrative burden on defence organisations deriving from various EU legal acts.”