Italian military expenditure to rise in 2023
The preliminary estimate - carried out by the Mil€x Observatory based on the tables presented by the government with the new Budget Law - shows an increase of over 800…
Arms to Ukraine: over 450 million the cost for Italy, via European Peace Facility
An overall figure of over 450 million euro: this is the assessment that the Mil€x Observatory is now able to make regarding the cost to Italy of sending weapons systems…
New demands for weapons by Italian MoD: total Programmes 2021 at over 15 billion €
The new year for the Ministry of Defence begins as the last one ended: with an avalanche of rearmament programmes sent by Minister Guerini to Parliament for rapid and predictable…
Record number procurement programmes for the Italian MoD in 2021: new commitments of more than €12 billion
With the transmission to Parliament in the last days of November of another five ministerial rearmament decrees to be approved by the end of the year, the total number of…
In 2022 Italian military spending will exceed 25 billion, more than 8.2 billion for new weapons (+13.8%)
The increase of 1.35 billion euro in the Ministry of Defence budget (+5.4%) is driving the growth of overall Italian military spending as calculated by the Mil€x Observatory. The 25…
Italian military expenditure close to €25 billion in 2021, +8.1% compared to 2020
Italian military spending will amount to just under 25 billion euros in 2021, according to estimates released by the Mil€x Observatory. These estimates were made according to the new methodology…
Afghanistan: a conflict that has cost Italy 8.4 billion euro
By 11 September 2021, US and NATO troops will leave Afghanistan, after twenty years of the so-called ‘war on terror’ that began with the terrorist attacks on the World Trade…
Italian military expenditures growing strongly: over €26 billion on an annual basis
The increase is 6.4% with a raise of more than 1.5 billion euros compared to 2019. Methodological note This sheet elaborated by the Mil€x Observatory on Italian military expenditure aims…
Not just Afghanistan: what military missions abroad cost to Italian people
Expeditions to Kabul and Iraq burned 10 billion € from the italian budget. Imagine if Italy had not participated in the missions in Afghanistan and Iraq. On balance Italy would…
MIL€X 2018 Report: rise in Italian arms spending, nukes included
The 2018 MIL€X 2018 Report shows a further increase in Italian military spending: 25 billion euros in 2018 (1.4% of GDP), an increase of 4% compared to 2017 which reinforces…