Record EU defence spending masks failure to collaborate, report says


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  • Monday, 06 Dec 2021

FILE PHOTO Flags wave outside the Alliance headquarters ahead of a NATO Defence Ministers meeting in Brussels Belgium October 21 2021. REUTERSPascal RossignolFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: Flags wave outside the Alliance headquarters ahead of a NATO Defence Ministers meeting, in Brussels, Belgium, October 21, 2021. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union states spent nearly 200 billion euros ($225 billion) on defence in 2020, the most since records began in 2006, but joint investment by governments fell, the European Defence Agency (EDA) said in a report on Monday.

The EDA, an EU agency that helps the bloc's governments to develop their military capabilities, said the total spending of EU countries except for Denmark - which opts out of EU military projects - reached $198 billion, a 5% increase on 2019.

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