At the summit of EU leaders that concluded recently, the proposal to establish an EU "drone wall" became one of the focuses of the meeting. European Commission President von der Leyen said after the meeting that the plan will continue to advance. However, around this proposal, there are significant differences among EU countries.The drone.WallIt is not only a mere technological project, but is gradually evolving into a game about European defence direction and political stance.

According to the information disclosed so far,The ¡°drone wall¡± is a networked, stereo defense system.¡£The proposal first appeared on September 10 this year. When European Commission President Von der Leyen delivered a "State of the Union Address" at the European Parliament, he mentioned building a monitoring mechanism for the EU's east wing, developing real-time space monitoring capabilities, and adopting the initiative of Baltic countries to build a "drone wall."

But Germany¡¯s Prime Minister, Mattis, with the support of France and Italy, stressed that these major defense projects should be firmly controlled by member states rather than by the European Union. French President Macron said Europe should focus on jointly developing early warning systems, acquiring domestic ¡°defense¡± capabilities, including ballistic missiles, and buying more air defense systems. South European leaders, including Italian Prime Minister Meloni and Greek Prime Minister Mizotakis, believed that any joint defense program must be compatible with the security of the EU as a whole.

According to the current design, two-thirds of the funding for the ¡°drone wall¡± project is requested to be allocated to Eastern European countries, which directly provoked dissatisfaction in Western and Southern European countries such as Germany, France, Italy. At the same time, Eastern European ¡°New Europe¡± countries have long been dissatisfied with the ¡°Old Europe¡± dominating defense affairs such as Germany.