"Military spending in the EU rose again last year. The increase is 30% more than ten years ago and in Asia the trend of increasing spending is even stronger," says Josep Borrell.
Borrell was speaking at the Forum between the EU and the Indo-Pacific held in Sweden. The Forum sees the presence, in addition to the 27 European member countries, of Japan, India, Indonesia but also Maldives, Fiji, Sri Lanka."The war in Ukraine is not just a European affair, it brings into play principles that affect everyone and has global consequences, such as those in the energy sector"