Brussels, 21/11/2012(Agence Europe) - The European Defence Agency (EDA) budget has barely grown since 2010. It stands at €30.5 million, and a proposal for a 2% increase for 2013 to take account of inflation was vetoed by the United Kingdom at the meeting of the EDA Steering Board in Brussels on Monday 19 November.
“This budget is far from ideal”, commented EDA Director General Claude-France Arnould, but “that's what happens when unanimity is required”. “We'll have to cut our...