EU agrees on Canada joining European defence programme

By Space War

The EU and Canada on Monday announced an agreement allowing Ottawa to join a 150-billion euro ($174-billion) European defence financing programme called SAFE.

“In these geopolitically turbulent times, it (SAFE) is a means to increase cooperation, meet defence targets and spend better, as we address short-term urgency and long-term needs,” European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a joint statement.

They welcomed the accord giving Canada the right to participate in the programme, calling it “the next step in our deepening cooperation and symbolic of the shared priorities of the European Union and Canada”…

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