This week in EU policy: More money for defence and the Blue Economy shakes off its Covid blues

Frey Lindsay, Impact Loop. Collage: impact Loop.
27 maj 2025
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Frey Lindsay, Impact Loop. Collage: impact Loop.
First funds are deployed from the European Investment Banks' multi-million defence-tech fund, more simplication of climate policies in the works, and the latest EU Blue Economy report strikes a very optimistic tone.

Welcome to this week's EU impact policy round-up, by Frey Lindsay.

One of the biggest themes we here at Impact Loop have been looking at in recent months has been the way the EU's security pivot – amid Russian aggression and fears of 'hybrid' warfare – might affect the impact investing ecosystem.

Billions of euros could be up for grabs for innovative companies that specialise in both defence and civil use, and we've been talking to investors who hope that the need for climate security is not lost in this frenzy.

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