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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7967

18 May 2001
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/defence
According to the International Institute for Strategic Studies, it is high time the EU invested in defence - Solana places emphasis on "collective solutions" to grapple with shortcomings in European capabilities

Brussels, 17/05/2001 (Agence Europe) - Whereas the Fifteen have not yet clarified ways of financing their future operations in the context of the common security and defence policy, a British research institute has virulently attacked the lack of consistency in progress made so far. If they want their common defence policy to be credible, Europeans must begin to spend real money, said the director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, John Chiman, on Wednesday. "It is...

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