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The cost of non-Europe in the area of security and defence

Study CoverStudy for the European Parliament

No. EP/ExPol/B/2005/13

Final Report
submitted by Dr. Hartmut Küchle
Bonn, 7 June 2006

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Contents

The cost of non-Europe in the area of security and defence

Executive Summary

  1. Trends in European Defence Spending amongst Member States
  2. Comparison with the United States
    2.1. Trends in defence spending
    2.2. The US-defence equipment market
    2.3. Strategies of European and American companies
  3. Duplication and the potential for savings
    3.1. Too many programmes
    3.2. Uncoordinated procurement of Armoured Fighting Vehicles
    3.3. Multinational co-operation
  4. Efforts towards a European Defence Equipment Market
    4.1. Important government measures
    4.2. The Green Paper
    4.3. Code of Conduct
  5. Recommendations

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