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The economic crisis has forced governments into a rethink about their defence budgets (Photo: EUobserver)

France and Germany to coordinate defence spending cuts

France and Germany are intending to co-ordinate defence spending cuts in a bid to ensure that joint programmes are not endangered by unilateral moves to rein in monies spent on military issues.

According to a report in German daily Handelsblatt, German defence minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg and his French counterpart Herve Morin on Wednesday (21 July) agreed in Paris to set up a working group to look into the matter, with a first meeting set for beginning of September.

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The economic crisis has forced governments into a rethink about their defence budgets (Photo: EUobserver)

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