00:0090% de tudo o que o EU trabalha com o mundo muda pelo sea.
00:04Então, as suas energias e suas internetas de dados,
00:08vão através de câbles de câbles no seabed.
00:10Externa threats, como os dos de russos de câbles e de câbles de câbles,
00:14forçam o EU a construir sua maritim defesa.
00:17O EU se está sobrando pressão de pressão com ciber e cyber-attacos
00:21em portos e under-seá-cables,
00:23aumentando tensiones along o maritim de câbles de câbles de câbles
00:26e aumentando o crescimento crítico de infraestrutura.
00:29In response, the EU updated its maritim security strategy in March 2023,
00:34built around one goal.
00:36Control what happens at sea, above it and beneath it.
00:40And the money behind it is growing fast.
00:42In 2024, EU states spent 343 billion euros on defence, up to 19% in a year.
00:49Defence investment reached 106 billion euros,
00:52equipment procurement jumped at 39%,
00:55and 2025 broke every record with total spending.
00:58Hitting 392 billion euros.
01:01Much of that is flowing by the EU's readiness 2030 roadmap,
01:05backed by a 150 billion EU fund called SAFE,
01:09designed to help member states buy hardware collectively.
01:12On the water, that means ships.
01:15Lots of them.
01:16In 2025 alone, the EU's maritime defence industry produced
01:1913.5 billion euros worth of vessels,
01:2365% surface ships,
01:2527% submarines.
01:27Just four countries built nearly all of it,
01:29France, Germany, Italy and Spain,
01:31together accounting for 82% of total output.
01:35Behind those numbers, Naval Group, Fincantieri,
01:38Tyson Group Marine Systems, Navatia,
01:40Europe's biggest shipbuilders,
01:42now working more closely together than ever before.
01:45That cooperation is called the European Patrol Covret Project.
01:49France, Italy, Spain and Greece are building the next generation of naval vessels,
01:54backed by EU funding.
01:56That shipbuilding power reaches well beyond EU borders.
01:59In 2025 alone, Germany signed submarine deals with Norway worth more than $8.5 billion,
02:06while France sealed a $2 billion submarine contract with Indonesia.
02:09At sea, EU missions like Atalanta and Irini already patrol from the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean.
02:16Now Brussels wants a stronger presence, not a single EU navy, but a coordinated one.
02:21The message from the EU is simple.
02:23Whoever controls the seas controls energy, trade and data.
02:27Something the EU wants and needs.
02:30For the full story, read our In-Depth Explainer on euronews.com.
