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Fogh Rasmussen: 'The security challenges of the 21st century ... will not go away as we focus on fixing our economies' (Photo: Nato)

Nato chief: EU must spend more on military

by Andrew Rettman, Brussels,

Nato chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen has urged EU countries to spend more on defence despite the economic crisis or risk losing US solidarity.

He said in a foreword to the alliance's report on 2012, out on Thursday (31 January), that: "If current defence spending trends were to continue, that would limit the practical ability of Nato's European nations to work together with their...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

Fogh Rasmussen: 'The security challenges of the 21st century ... will not go away as we focus on fixing our economies' (Photo: Nato)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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