What is Stop Fuelling War all about?

Quakers in Europe created “Stop Fuelling War” to counter the normalisation of the commerce of armaments. Governments point to employment numbers to justify selling assault rifles, tanks, missiles and fighter jets to other governments but we believe that global security will not be achieved this way.

The energy, brains and money invested in making and selling billions of euros worth of weapons is on full display each year at the arms trade fair ’Eurosatory’, held outside Paris in June every two years. It would be better spent on addressing the underlying causes of conflicts.