Brussels, 22/02/2013 (Agence Europe) - The European defence industry should be at the service of the EU's strategic autonomy, rather than simply its competitiveness, said MEPs on the European Parliament's Security and Defence Sub-Committee on Wednesday 20 February in a debate with EU Internal Market Commissioner Michel Barnier. The Commissioner said that a boost to the European defence policy was urgently needed.
The defence industry is not an industry like any other because its strategic...