Signal About 40 percent of EU imports come from a few hard-to-replace suppliers

Summary

Draghi finds that about 40 percent of EU imports come from a small number of suppliers and are hard to substitute. Roughly half of those concentrated imports originate in countries that are not strategically aligned with the EU. Defence is highlighted as a case of internal fragmentation, with twelve different main battle tank types operated within the Union. That fragmentation, the report argues, deprives European industry of economies of scale, standardisation and interoperability. These figures underpin Draghi's third priority of strengthening security and reducing supply-chain dependencies, turning supply risk into a security question.