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by | Jun 29, 2021

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EU risks becoming predominantly military alliance, says Church and Peace

WETHEN, 13 July 2018 – The European Union’s proposed budget priorities are driving it further away from its origins as a project of peace and reconciliation and towards a predominantly military alliance focused on controlling its borders, says the European ecumenical network Church and Peace.

Statement on EU budgetary priorities driving militarisation

The European ecumenical network Church and Peace is deeply concerned about the European Union’s plans to boost spending on military instruments instead of investing in civilian peacebuilding. As more details of the proposed Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2021-2017 are communicated, we observe that the EU is increasingly steering a course away from Europe as a peace project and towards a military alliance.

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