UK set to spurn plan for EU defence procurement

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Series Details 9.12.02, p6
Publication Date 09/12/2002
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Article reports that the UK is to reject joint proposals by Germany and France for a European Union defence-procurement agency, arguing instead for an alternative that would develop and vet countries' defence capabilities. The UK will champion its proposals at the Convention on the Future of Europe.

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