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| EU states soon unable to afford national defence |
| 2012-09-21 |
| h/t Gates of Vienna Some EU countries will be unable to afford key parts of their national defence unless they spend more and cooperate better on defence, EU Military Committee chairman, Hakan Syren warned in Brussels Wednesday, Reuters reports. He suggested a percentage of national defence budgets be set aside for common European purposes. These being? |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #4 How did their peacekeeping quick reaction force turn out? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2012-09-21 16:15 |
| #3 It gets even worse: Europe's most powerful countries call for elected EU president Germany,France and nine other of Europe's most powerful countries have called for an elected European Union president and an end to Britain's veto over defence policy in a radical blueprint mapping out the continent's future. |
| Posted by: tipper 2012-09-21 15:51 |
| #2 Our poor old printing presses are going to catch fire if we run them any harder. |
| Posted by: bigjim-CA 2012-09-21 11:57 |
| #1 That's okay President Golfpants will foot the bill. |
| Posted by: Slumble Closh3687 2012-09-21 08:31 |