Mission to Latvia - 14-16.04.2025
22-04-2025 - 10:21
The Committee on Budgets traveled to Latvia from 14 to 16 April 2025. The main objective of this mission was to learn more about the budgetary implications of enhancing the EU preparedness, focusing in particular on defence spending, in relation to recent geopolitical shifts. As conflicts do not only materialise in conventional forms but also through hybrid threats, significant financial resources can be required not only as defence spending but also across various domains.
The BUDG Members participating were H茅lder Sousa Silva (head of the mission, EPP), Andrzej Halicki (EPP), Jean-Marc Germain (S&D), Nils U拧akovs (S&D), Julien Sanchez (PfE), Tobiasz Boche艅ski (ECR) and Alexander Jungbluth (ESN). Mr Roberts Zile (ECR) accompanies the mission.