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Originally Posted by piece-itpete
The EU - no military.
Pete
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22 EU members are in NATO.
"According to the
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), France spent more than €44 billion ($59bn) on defence in 2010, placing it third in the world after the US and China, while the United Kingdom spent almost £38 billion ($58bn), the fourth largest.
[124] Together, France and the United Kingdom account for 45 per cent of Europe's defence budget, 50 per cent of its military capacity and 70 per cent of all spending in military research and development.
[125] Britain and France are also officially recognised
nuclear weapon states and are the only two European nations to hold permanent seats on the
United Nations Security Council. In 2000, the United Kingdom, France, Spain, and Germany accounted for 97% of the total military research budget of the then 15 EU member states" Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union