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"Although we are concerned by the growing tendency to make cuts in national defence budgets and the associated risk of a reduction in Member States’ combat force capabilities, I cannot support the report. Activities relating to the coordination of defence planning, combined potential through joint ownership, enhanced cooperation in research and technological development or the optimisation of military contracts already take place under NATO. There is therefore no need to duplicate them within the Union. I am also sceptical about the possibility of implementing these initiatives as a complement to the coordination of the NATO defence planning process. The Member States spend a total of over EUR 200 billion per year on defence, and this is only one third of the defence spending of the United States, which, at the same time, covers three quarters of NATO’s budget. With excessively low expenditure and, above all, the waste of funds, European members of the Alliance could threaten its continued existence, and this, above all, should focus our attention."@en1
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