Brussels, 24 September 2026
On Thursday, EU Defence and Space Commissioner Andrius Kubilius visits the Netherlands for talks on defence policy and military mobility. The programme brings together Dutch lawmakers, the Minister of Defence and industry stakeholders, with a focus on defence readiness and European industrial cooperation, military transport mobility and innovation.
Commissioner Kubilius starts the visit by meeting the Dutch House of Representatives’ Standing Committee on Defence in a session open to the public and press. He will then do a tour in the Port of Rotterdam with business and government participants, including representatives working on military mobility. The focus will be on the Military Schengen package and cooperation with NATO in the context of building capabilities for military mobility corridors.
Later in the day, the Commissioner will meet Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, to discuss defence readiness, drone defence, military mobility and support to Ukraine. In the afternoon he will stop by factory of Destinus, a European defense manufacturer, where he will participate in a roundtable with representatives from Destinus and the BliksemEXO initiative, which brings together European companies aiming to build Europe’s first exo-atmospheric interceptor.
Source – EU Commission