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Funding the Arms Industry: Why Financial Institutions Hold Back and How Europe Could Move Forward.

Publication date: 20/03/2025

This analysis – to be downloaded in full here – aims to closely examine the current debates on the defence industry’s access to financial markets and the main reasons behind the associated difficulties. It does so by analysing the defence industry policy of fifteen major European banks, a literature review and various interviews with key actors.

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