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"I voted in favour of this report because I believe that attention should be drawn to the way in which Member States fund their defence sector during the crisis and economic downturn. This European Parliament own-initiative report was drawn up because there has been a trend in recent times of increasing cuts to the defence budgets of the majority of EU Member States due to the crisis and this is not being coordinated at EU level. As the European Parliament report notes, the security environment both in Europe and worldwide is becoming increasingly complex and unpredictable, and it is therefore proposed that European defence capabilities should be maintained at their pre-crisis level and that we should also rely less on the United States to fund defence spending in the North Atlantic Alliance. The latter aspect in particular is stressed in the report because it is felt that a reinforced European defence capability will enhance the strategic autonomy of the EU and provide an important contribution to collective security in the context of NATO and other partnerships."@en1
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