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Court of Auditors says EU lacks a long-term strategy for its defence spending

Brussels, 26/04/2023 (Agence Europe)

The EU’s Court of Auditors said in a report, on Wednesday 26 April, that the EU lacks a long-term strategy for its defence spending.

In its report, the Court explains that while the European Defence Fund (EDF) precursor programme - the Preparatory Action on Defence Research (PADR) (with a budget of €90 million) - was useful in testing spending processes, its results were insufficient(see EUROPE B11771A7).

“PADR allowed the EU to test different options for funding defence research,...