Lt Kije Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 This from a German think tank, not good reading for us!!! Britain and France have effectively been subsidising defence cuts by Germany, Spain and Italy since 1990 by spending more of their GDP on their armed forces, according to a study by a leading German economics think tank. By slashing defence spending after the end of the Cold War, Germany alone accumulated a peace dividend of €680 billion which it was able to spend in other areas, the Leibniz Institute for Economic Research (Ifo) at Munich University and France have effectively been subsidising defence cuts by Germany, Spain and Italy since 1990 by spending more of their GDP on their armed forces, according to a study by a leading German economics think tank. By slashing defence spending after the end of the Cold War, Germany alone accumulated a peace dividend of €680 billion which it was able to spend in other areas, the Leibniz Institute for Economic Research (Ifo) at Munich University, Britain and France have effectively been subsidising defence cuts by Germany, Spain and Italy since 1990 by spending more of their GDP on their armed forces, according to a study by a leading German economics think tank. By slashing defence spending after the end of the Cold War, Germany alone accumulated a peace dividend of €680 billion which it was able to spend in other areas, the Leibniz Institute for Economic Research (Ifo) at Munich University, and France have effectively been subsidising defence cuts by Germany, Spain and Italy since 1990 by spending more of their GDP on their armed forces, according to a study by a leading German economics think tank. By slashing defence spending after the end of the Cold War, Germany alone accumulated a peace dividend of €680 billion which it was able to spend in other areas, the Leibniz Institute for Economic Research (Ifo) at Munich University, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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