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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
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Latest posts from this author

Defence

EU countries greenlight €150 billion loan plan for joint defence procurement

19/05/2025

4 min. read

Defence

Why the EU’s defence pact with the UK makes sense

16/05/2025

4 min. read

Defence

Rutte says NATO allies ready for big jump in defence spending commitments

15/05/2025

4 min. read

Defence

NATO plans to sideline Zelenskyy at June summit to keep Trump happy

15/05/2025

3 min. read

Defence

Prosecutors probe NATO procurement agency staff over drone, ammo deals

14/05/2025

2 min. read

Defence

NATO’s European foreign ministers brace for defence spending talks with US

14/05/2025

4 min. read

Defence

EU’s €150bn defence loan plan held up by haggling over inclusion of foreign arms makers

13/05/2025

3 min. read

Defence

EU weighs redefining ‘defence’ to turn regional aid into defence cash

08/05/2025

3 min. read

Defence

German NATO ambassador joins Berlin’s new government

07/05/2025

2 min. read

Defence

EU Commission puts more defence texts on overhaul list

05/05/2025

3 min. read

Defence

NATO poised to redefine ‘defence’ to hit Trump’s 5% spending target

04/05/2025

3 min. read

Defence

EU defence loans rules pit member states against industry

01/05/2025

2 min. read

Defence

EU joins forces with Ukrainian drone industry for the first time

30/04/2025

2 min. read

Defence

Kallas moves EU meeting to attend London ‘reset’ summit

29/04/2025

2 min. read

Defence

Von der Leyen to hold strategic defence talks with industry leaders on 12 May

29/04/2025

3 min. read

Defence

EU picks German military man from within for top defence agency job

28/04/2025

2 min. read

Defence

UK, EU to frame partnership as bulwark against Trump turmoil

28/04/2025

2 min. read

Defence

EU to extend ammo subsidy scheme for extra year

25/04/2025

2 min. read

Defence

France says ‘non’ to loosening rules for arms exports in Europe

25/04/2025

3 min. read

Defence

Von der Leyen, Starmer close in on defence deal in London

25/04/2025

3 min. read

Defence

NATO members spent $1.3 trillion on arms last year

24/04/2025

2 min. read

Defence

Seoul comes looking for Europe’s rearmament cash

23/04/2025

3 min. read

Defence

EU Commission reallocates cash to defence, again

22/04/2025

3 min. read

Defence

NATO’s war room in Wallonia to get €1 billion makeover

18/04/2025

3 min. read

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