The European Defence Agency (EDA) says, in a report published on Monday 16 December, that while Member States’ defence spending is increasing, it is insufficient in key areas.
According to the report, 27 Member States (Denmark is not part of the agency) spent €223.4 billion in 2018 on defence, an increase of 3% compared to 2017. This is the fifth consecutive year of increase and Member States have almost returned to the level they had before the financial crisis in 2007 (225 billion)....