The constant degradation of the security context, characterised by rising long-term threats, acceleration in the development of defence technology and innovation, and the likely increase in defence spending, is likely to trigger surges in demand for defence products and to exacerbate future supply crises in relation to such products. It is likely that such heightened demand will intensify pressure on the Union’s supply chains for defence products and, if no framework is adopted at Union level, that it will result in the emergence or resurgence of diverging national measures to tackle shortages, thereby leading to the emergence of obstacles to the proper functioning of the internal market, undermining as a result the defence and security interests of the Union and its Member States.
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