EU must not neglect development aid over defence, Commissioner Urpilainen warns

The EU’s increased defence spending priorities must not come at the expense of development aid, as this could risk isolating the continent geopolitically, the Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen warned in an interview.

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For Urpilainen, it is “important” that the next seven-year EU budget “keep at least the same amount of funding for external relations”, the former Finnish finance minister said. [Jutta Urpilainen/X]

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