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Aurélie Pugnet
Aurélie Pugnet
Chief Defence Correspondent
Aurélie is the Chief Defence Correspondent at Euractiv. She joined as a Global Europe and Defence reporter in the spring 2023 from Bruxelles2, where she had also followed the EU foreign policy and defence as well as NATO for several years. In the spring of 2024, she took over the Politics team, guiding the coverage of the European Elections, which saw a surge in far-right movements across the continent. Aurélie studied International law and relations before jumping into journalism at Lille’s journalism school. She is French, and also speaks English and German.
- Location: Brussels
- Languages: French, English, German
- Expertise: ’Strategic autonomy', security and defence policy, defence industry, NATO, European and American geopolitics
- Location expertise: Europe, France, USA
Latest posts from this author
Defence
Von der Leyen’s mission impossible one-fits-all defence programme
17/07/2025
3 min. read
Defence
EU investment bank now ready to pay for military gear production
17/07/2025
2 min. read
Defence
US in talks with Europe on tapping defence stockpiles for Ukraine
17/07/2025
3 min. read
Defence
What the next EU budget means for defence tech
16/07/2025
2 min. read
Defence
Defence lobby pushes for ‘bare minimum’ €100bn arms fund in next EU budget
15/07/2025
2 min. read
Defence
Security tech lobby urges EU funding to curb reliance on China and US
15/07/2025
4 min. read
Defence
Trump promises US arms to Europe to replace Ukraine deliveries
14/07/2025
3 min. read
Defence
FIREPOWER: Brussels weighs big budget moves on defence
11/07/2025
11 min. read
Defence
Franco-German fighter jet clash clouds future ahead of Macron-Merz talks
10/07/2025
4 min. read
Defence
Starmer, Macron announce closer UK-France nuclear weapons coordination
10/07/2025
3 min. read
Defence
Brussels uses budget blueprint to push ‘buy European’ defence agenda
09/07/2025
3 min. read
Defence
Rheinmetall sees bundled Europe-wide military orders as path to better prices
07/07/2025
3 min. read
Defence
FIREPOWER: An intermural EU brawl over defence policy
04/07/2025
10 min. read
Defence
FIREPOWER: Nursing NATO hangovers at the EU summit
27/06/2025
7 min. read
Defence
FIREPOWER: NATO delivered Trump’s deal on spending. Now Europe considers how to buy
26/06/2025
8 min. read
Defence
To Europe’s relief, Trump leaves the NATO summit feeling good vibes
25/06/2025
4 min. read
Defence
FIREPOWER: ‘Hail to the Chief’ in The Hague
25/06/2025
9 min. read
Defence
Liveblog: Trump heads home a winner after landing NATO spending deal at summit
25/06/2025
1 min. read
Defence
Trump’s prodding brought NATO allies around on remarkable spending shift
25/06/2025
5 min. read
Defence
FIREPOWER: What actually is NATO’s new 5% – aspiration, promise or plan?
24/06/2025
9 min. read
Defence
NATO cheat sheet: What to expect from this week’s summit
23/06/2025
5 min. read
Defence
FIREPOWER: NATO makes a one-word tweak to win over Spain
23/06/2025
8 min. read
Defence
FIREPOWER: Spain sets stage for drama at the NATO summit in The Hague
20/06/2025
13 min. read
Defence
Spain wants exemption from NATO 5% GDP defence spending target
19/06/2025
3 min. read
