It’s also important for EU security. Defense spending where the 3rd party demands compliance with usage restrictions limits EU’s ability to forward its agenda. Case in point the Ukraine-russia war. Several EU nations long ago approved long range strikes into ru but the US said ‘no’ and they had to comply due to previous usage restriction agreements between the US and EU.
Ssssshhhh… You’re interrupting my socratic argument to shut this f’ing guy up.