00:0090% de todo lo que el EU trae con el mundo se mueve por el sea.
00:04Así se hace su energía y su internet de datos de los datos de los cables en el seabed.
00:10Excerna threats, como los de Rusia, que cortan los cables y los routes,
00:14force el EU a construir su maritim defensa.
00:17El EU se está bajo presión de presión con el hiper y el cyber de los ataques de los cables
00:22y los cables,
00:23con la tensión de tensión de los maritim borders y con la creación de la crisis de la crisis de
00:27la crisis.
00:28En respuesta, el EU updated su maritim security estrategia en marzo de 2023,
00:34built around one goal, control what happens at sea, above it, and beneath it.
00:40Y el dinero detrás de eso es creciendo rápido.
00:42En 2024, EU states spent €343bn en defensa, up to 19% en un año.
00:49Defensa investe en €106bn, equipa y procura jumped a 39%,
00:55y 2025, broke every record with total spending, hitting €392bn.
01:01Much of that is flowing by the EU's Readiness 2030 roadmap,
01:05backed by a €150bn EU fund called SAFE,
01:09designed to help member states buy hardware collectively.
01:12On the water, that means ships, lots of them.
01:15In 2025 alone, the EU's maritime defence industry produced €13.5bn worth of vessels,
01:2365% surface ships, 27% submarines.
01:27Just four countries built nearly all of it, France, Germany, Italy and Spain,
01:31together accounting for 82% of total output.
01:35Behind those numbers, Naval Group, Fincantieri, Tyson Group Marine Systems, Navatia,
01:40Europe's biggest shipbuilders, now 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,
02:03worth more than €8.5bn,
02:05while France sealed a €2bn submarine contract with Indonesia.
02:10At sea, EU missions like Atalanta and Irini
02:12already patrolled from the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean.
02:16Now Brussels wants a stronger presence,
02:18not 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.
02:35To be continued...
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