Difficult in the army – Europe could almost replace the American Ukraine help of the United States

With a relatively low extra effort, European countries could take over the financial aid of the United States if the United States would stop them completely, according to the investigation of the Kiel Institute of World Economy (IFW).

“Our data show that Europe could only compensate American AIDS, but only if the law on political decision makers determined,” says IFW research director Christoph Treesch. Because: “Until now, Europe is moving here too slowly.”

The governments of Europe should pay almost twice as much
According to the study, European governments currently give on average only 0.1 percent of their gross domestic product (GDP) per year for bilateral Ukraine AIDS. In order to compensate for a stop to the US’s help, the contribution for all countries and EU institutions should rise to 0.21 percent. That would almost be a doubling of currently 44 to 82 billion euros per year.

American military aid is not that easy to replace
According to the study, it can be more difficult than financial help to replace American weapons and ammunition aids. For example, Ukraine depends on the US when it comes to air defense systems with a long distance or rocket artillery. In other areas come most of the weapon systems that already come from European production.

“Europe no longer only supplies existing shares, but now order most of the weapons for Ukraine directly from industry,” says Treesch. “This process must be considerably accelerated by fixed purchasing obligations.”

In the case of a United States, Europe could start buying weapon systems on the international market – for example in South Korea and Israel. Moreover, European governments can order weapons directly in Ukraine – for example, drones.