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EU Requires $5.4Bln for Defense Spending in 2024 - Polish Foreign Minister

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The European Union requires 5 billion euros ($5.4 billion) for defense spending in 2024, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said on Thursday.
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"It was supposed to be 12 billion euros. We spent 7 billion of it. This year we definitely need 5 billion," Sikorski said on air of Polish Television.
The money could be used to fund "procurements and European opportunities in addition to national armies," he explained.
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