Brussels, 15/09/2006 (Agence Europe) - Duplication in defence procurement programmes and expenditure is very costly for the European Union. Such is the conclusion reached by the survey carried out by Dr Hartmut Kuechle, from the Bonn International Centre for Conversion, at a request from German Christian Democrat Karl von Wogau, who chairs the EP sub-committee on security and defence. The conclusion is in fact not new. The survey does, however, provide figures, gives a detailed analysis of...