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Banking on Defence

Raising more money and spending it better

Europe must spend more on its own defence, but spending more is not the same as doing better. This paper proposes a new multilateral defence bank, built on the model of the EBRD, that would let Britain and its allies spread the cost of rearmament, give industry the certainty to invest, and make procurement faster, pooled and decided on merit.

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