{"id":217178,"date":"2026-06-12T15:49:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T15:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euroupdate.eu\/index.php\/2026\/06\/12\/the-path-to-safe-ii-inside-the-struggle-to-revamp-europes-defence-financing-tool\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T15:49:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T15:49:01","slug":"the-path-to-safe-ii-inside-the-struggle-to-revamp-europes-defence-financing-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euroupdate.eu\/index.php\/2026\/06\/12\/the-path-to-safe-ii-inside-the-struggle-to-revamp-europes-defence-financing-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"The path to SAFE II: inside the struggle to revamp Europe&#8217;s defence financing tool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EU policymakers are weighing a SAFE II defence financing tool, with Eastern-flank states pushing for grants over loans. But the final SAFE I uptake, the development of the European defence industry, Ukraine&#8217;s battlefield-driven tech edge and shifting warfare scenarios are shaping what comes next.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2026\/06\/12\/the-path-to-safe-ii-inside-the-struggle-to-revamp-europes-defence-financing-tool\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EU policymakers are weighing a SAFE II defence financing tool, with Eastern-flank states pushing for grants over loans. But the final SAFE I uptake, the development of the European defence industry, Ukraine&#8217;s battlefield-driven tech edge and shifting warfare scenarios are shaping what comes next. Read More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":217179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-217178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euroupdate.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euroupdate.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euroupdate.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euroupdate.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/euroupdate.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euroupdate.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euroupdate.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euroupdate.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euroupdate.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}