EU aims to retrain 600,000 workers for defence sector to eliminate skills shortage

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EU aims to retrain 600,000 workers for defence sector to eliminate skills shortage  Europe is trying to rearm fast. The problem? There are too few qualified people to design or produce the volume of materiel needed for a sufficient European defence strategy.   READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/11/19/eu-aims-to-retrain-600000-workers-for-defence-sector-to-eliminate-skills-shortage  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Europe is trying to rearm fast, but is

00:04lacking qualified people to design or

00:06produce the volume of material needed.

00:08To meet this challenge, the European

00:11Commission on Wednesday proposed an

00:13upskilling plan as part of its defense

00:15industry transformation roadmap. The EU

00:18says it wants 600,000 people to be

00:21upskilled or reskilled for the defense

00:23industry by 2030. Andréus Kubilius, the

00:27European Commissioner for Defense, told

00:29Euronews that the measures aimed to

00:31upskill around 12% of the existing

00:33defense and aerospace workforce each year.

00:36This shortage is a problem for both the

00:40supply side, where disruptive technologies

00:42such as AI and quantum are being

00:45developed for defense applications, and the

00:47demand side, where armed forces and

00:49procurement bodies need expertise to

00:51quickly acquire and integrate these new

00:53systems. In 2023, the EU defense industry

00:57generated around 581,000 jobs and a turnover

01:01of 158.8 billion euros.

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