Europe is ramping up defence spending, but bigger budgets may not be enough. The EU faces fragmented investment, industrial bottlenecks, skills shortages, heavy reliance on US-made equipment and limited fiscal room.
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Europeans have set ambitious goals for the defence capabilities that they want to achieve in the next few years. They have increased their defence spending by 79 percent.
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