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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8136

25 January 2002
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/defence
Call for rationalisation of defence efforts

Brussels, 24/01/2002 (Agence Europe) - By adopting a resolution on the European defence industry, proposed by its chair Elmar Brok, the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign affairs and Defence calls on the EU to rationalise its efforts. Remarking that "the Member states of the European Union spend the equivalent of some 60% of the defence budget of the United States but the return in military capabilities is but equivalent to 10%", the MEPs stress the European inadequacies in matters...

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