Defense Resources Implications of the Conflict in Ukraine on European Countries

Abstract The conflict in Ukraine has determined significant shifts in European defence and security paradigms. This paper focuses on the European Union (EU) has reacted to the crisis on its borders, examining the evolution of EU defence spending, procurement policies, and cooperation agreements in the wake of the conflict, analysing the impact on both individual member states and collective EU initiatives. The aim of this paper is to examine how the conflict in Ukraine influenced the European Union countries in terms of defence spending and defence policies. The objectives of the paper consist in identifying the main changes in the defence expenditures of the European Union Countries, overall and in terms of destination of expenditures and highlighting the main changes on terms of procurement policies and cooperation agreements generated by the events in Ukraine.