Plan to drop dedicated fund while defence spending rises dismissed as false economy The European commission has been accused of seeking to cut EU funding for the continent's poorest people by 50% to secure post-Brexit cost savings and extra funds for defence projects. Jacques Vandenschrik, the president of the European Food Banks Federation, said the EU executive's proposed spending plans for the next seven years posed a risk not only to the most vulnerable but to the stability of wider society....
EU accused of seeking to cut funds for poor in post-Brexit cost savings
The Guardian - 29 Dec 2019 15:03
Plan to drop dedicated fund while defence spending rises dismissed as false economy The European commission has been accused of seeking to cut EU funding for the continent's poorest people by 50% to secure post-Brexit cost savings and extra funds for defence projects. Jacques Vandenschrik, the president of the European Food Banks Federation, said the EU executive's proposed spending plans for the next seven years posed a risk not only to the most vulnerable but to the stability of wider society....
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