My #1week1minute🎥

✔️Tripling intermediated finance for EU defence #SMEs

✔️Strong focus on security and defence at #EDSS2025, #BrusselsForum and #GLOBSEC2025

✔️Good meeting with Commissioner @martakos.ec.europa.eu

✔️EU🤝🏼Czechia President Pavel, Prime Minister Fiala, and Finance Minister Stanjura

@kaja kallas

Federal Councillor Martin Pfister was in #Brussels for the European Defence and Security Summit.

🤝 He held bilateral meetings with @kajakallas.bsky.social & @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu.

🛡️ Topics: EU/NATO initiatives, support for Ukraine, 🇨🇭-🇪🇺 security cooperation.

#SwissEUrelations #EDSS2025

We are tripling to €3 billion our financing available to the defence industry.

Our first €1bn deal under this initiative with Deutsche Bank, announced by President @nadiacalvino.eib.org at #EDSS2025, will boost investment in defence research & infrastructure➡️ bit.ly/SecurityAndD...

'We are going to be providing €500 million to Deutsche Bank for a €1 billion facility to support Europe's small and medium sized companies in the supply chain in the area of security and defence.'

President @nadiacalvino.eib.org at #EDSS2025 in Brussels

Full house at #EDSS2025 on boosting Europe's security & defence.

The @eib.org Group plays its part:

✔️tripling to €3bn the intermediated financing for European SMEs
✔️first deal with Deutsche Bank, and more to come
✔️solid pipeline of projects in critical infrastructure, industrial capacity, R&D.