The EU's new defence budget might achieve little and loose talk of a joint army could do harm, a European watchdog has warned.
The EU recently agreed to spend €13bn in the coming seven years on joint procurement and R&D.
That, together with other new projects, represents a 22-fold increase on defence spending in the previous budget.
The changes are being described as a big bang on the way to European "strategic autonomy" by EU officials.
They are also being called ...
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Already a member? Login hereAndrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.
Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.