EU Commission Chief Urges Spain To Work On Increasing Ammunition Production Across Bloc

The Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union should work on the framework to boost ammunition production across the bloc both to increase supplies to Ukraine and replenish the union's own stocks, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday.

"We have been delivering military equipment to Ukraine, we have been stepping up efforts to jointly procure for urgent supplies. Now we need the Spanish presidency to secure a swift political agreement on the so-called Act in Support of Ammunition Production, so we can deliver more ammunition to Ukraine and at the same time replenish our own stocks as well," von der Leyen said at a joint press conference with Spanish Prime Minster Pedro Sanchez in Madrid.