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There is still not enough joint procurement among member states, despite a 2017 promise to improve this (Photo: europarl.europa.eu)

EU spends record €198bn on defence in 2020

EU countries spent their highest-level ever recorded on defence in 2020, the European Defence Agency (EDA) said in a report published on Monday (6 December).

In 2020, the total defence spending in the EU stood at €198bn, a five-percent increase on 2019, making it the most spent on defence in the bloc since the EU agency keeps track of it since 2006.

According to the report, 1...

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

There is still not enough joint procurement among member states, despite a 2017 promise to improve this (Photo: europarl.europa.eu)

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

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