EU seeks money for joint defense programs

[WorldNews]

By Robin Emmott and Gabriela Baczynska BRATISLAVA/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's executive wants to boost the bloc's joint defense and security with an initial investment of 90 million euros ($100 million) in research, marking a turning point after years of cuts. Defense research spending by EU governments has fallen by a third since 2006, official figures show. Now the European Commission proposes to use the EU budget to fund it.

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