MEPs are urging the European Commission to press ahead with opening up the internal market in defence to save Europe wasting millions of euros a year on duplication and protectionism.
A new report commissioned by the European Parliament's security and defence subcommittee estimates that although EU governments spend half (€250bn) the amount Americans spend on defence, their defence capacities are only about 10 percent as efficient as the US.
Pointing to the duplication in member s...
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