A top European Union official is calling for a new defense industry strategy to respond to security challenges posed by Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Laying out her vision of the new strategy to members of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, Von der Leyen said: “At the heart of this must be a simple principle: Europe must spend more, spend better, spend European.”

Von der Leyen said the commission will make proposals for the new defense industry strategy in coming weeks