What is POLITICO Pro? Policy areas Our Pro coverage Request a demo Contact us Rosie the Riveter. The French commissioner repeated his call for Europe to increase its production capacity to 1 million rounds per year within a year, as part of a draft defense production bill called the “Act in Support of Ammunition Production” (ASAP). As of now, member countries would begin spending €70 billion in the next three years to boost their defense capacity, the EU's foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell told summit attendees