At the 16th European Economic Congress, taking place over three days in Katowice, Poland, the President of the European Commission and candidate for re-election Ursula von der Leyen says she wants to ‘boost (European) defence industrial capacity over the next five years’. During the next five-year term of the European Parliament, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk believes that ‘Europe must be prepared for a situation in which no force in the world will dare to raise a hand against Europe’. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES