08/06/2018 (Agence Europe) – On Thursday 7 June, the Committee of Permanent Representatives (Coreper) gave its green light to the inter-institutional agreement reached the end of May with the European Parliament on the European defence industrial development programme. The final agreement includes an envelope of €500 million, 60% of which will come from the redeployment of existing programmes and 40% from unused margins, a tightening-up of eligibility criteria for companies taking part...