Austria's new defense strategy: security through control!

Austria's new defense strategy: security through control!

Laimgrubengasse 10, 1060 Wien, Österreich - Defense policy in Europe faces a fundamental turn after Austria has decided to strengthen its military capacities through a multi -billion dollar package. David Stögmüller, the defense spokesman for the Greens, emphasizes that this is a necessary development as long as other essential areas, such as climate protection, are not neglected. In a current decision by the Defense Committee, the establishment of an independent control commission to monitor armor investments in the context of the European Sky Shield Initiative (Essi) was required to ensure transparency and efficiency. This application was supported by the parties ÖVP, SPÖ and NEOS, which underlines the urgency of the topic, such as ots reports .

shortage of skilled workers in the armaments industry

parallel to these developments is a worrying shortage of skilled workers in the armaments industry, which significantly hinders upgrading in Europe. According to a current report by SPIEGEL European countries the necessary specialists to achieve the armaments goals stuck. This could endanger the EU security plans, since an inadequately qualified staff questions the efficiency and effectiveness of the defense measures.

These two developments - the increased investments in defense and shortage of skilled workers - illustrate the complex challenge that Europe is standing: on the one hand the need to strengthen the ability to defend, and on the other hand to cope with the urgent personnel requirements.