NO, they stockpiled all these freaking arms for Soviet aggression or fascist threats, and now its at their doorstep.
Unfortunately, in Eastern Germany e.g. a large part of the population welcomes the Russians and are totally fine with their aggression, at least according to their election choices.
Don’t confuse honest technical motivations with “technical motivations” here. Starting new projects to grab EU funding is a lot more profitable for the individual companies that get to take part in them. Especially when failure is an option in the end.
I’m not saying that’s the case, but I have experienced one or two EU funded project here and there that didn’t really make efforts to make the jump into a market viable product in the end.