28 January 2021
EDA countries hit record high, post-2007 financial crisis, in defence spending
by Brooks Tigner
Total defence expenditure for nearly all EU countries in 2019 was the highest level in more than a dozen years, according to the European Defence Agency (EDA), which released the new figures on 28 January. National capitals’ approach to joint projects was mixed, however, with collaborative cross-border procurement falling steeply and collaborative defence research and development (R&D) efforts rising only moderately compared with previous years.
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