EU budget commissioner Piotr Serafin warned "The alternative to European spending is more national spending" - adding that defence, energy security and research "will have to be financed one way or another.”

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'Spending together is not only more effective, it is also cheaper,' says Piotr Serafin, EU budget commissioner

EU budget commissioner Piotr Serafin warned "The alternative to European spending is more national spending" - adding that defence, energy security and research "will have to be…