GERMANY and France are among the European Union heavyweights
shortchanging NATO by tens of billions of pounds as the UK and US prop
up European defence, a damning new report has revealed.

In total EU member states have underfunded NATO by a total of £339
billion over the past five years - a staggering amount.

The shocking report, titled €˜What the European Union owes the United
Kingdom, said Germany was the biggest offender, owing £107 billion over
the past five years.

Meanwhile Italy owed £68 billion, Spain £56 billion, the Netherlands £48
billion and France £18 billion.

And the report also defended Britain amid claims Brexit will harm EU
security, saying the UK is actually propping up other member states'
military spending.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world...u-donald-trump
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Bod

It happens that James Wilkinson Sword formulated :
On Wed, 13 Dec 2017 06:05:19 -0000, Bod wrote:

GERMANY and France are among the European Union heavyweights
shortchanging NATO by tens of billions of pounds as the UK and US
prop
up European defence, a damning new report has revealed.

In total EU member states have underfunded NATO by a total of £339
billion over the past five years - a staggering amount.

The shocking report, titled €˜What the European Union owes the
United
Kingdom, said Germany was the biggest offender, owing £107 billion
over
the past five years.

Meanwhile Italy owed £68 billion, Spain £56 billion, the
Netherlands £48
billion and France £18 billion.

And the report also defended Britain amid claims Brexit will harm
EU
security, saying the UK is actually propping up other member
states'
military spending.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world...u-donald-trump

Why were we so stupid to pay more than they did in the first place?
If I joined a local club and paid £50 a month for some activities or
other, then found out other members were only paying £20, I'd
withhold my fees.

Good point Peter.

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Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?