 EC Defence PolicyKeith Hartley Chapter 15 in Britain within the European Community, 1983, pp 299-316 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract Although defence is outside of the EC’s remit, it has an indirect involvement, reflected in three areas. First, the EC nations form a European sub-set of NATO, reflected in Eurogroup and the Independent European Programme Group (IEPG).1 Second, the EC is developing industrial and technology policies, both of which involve weapons industries (e.g. aerospace, communications, electronics, nuclear power, shipbuilding, vehicles — see EC Commission, 1978). Third, the EC is likely to distort resource allocation and trade flows between members if it promotes free trade and competition in civil goods and services to the exclusion of weapons markets. Inevitably, questions arise as to whether the EC needs a defence policy embracing the development and production of weapons and the provision of collective security. In other words, is it possible for the EC to improve the efficiency of Europe’s contribution to NATO’s defence output (i.e. peace, security, protection)? Much depends on whether there are unexploited, but worthwhile, opportunities for improving the operation of European weapons and defence markets. Keywords: Military Spending; Defence Policy; Unit Production Cost; Defence Spending; Collective Security (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-17136-1_15 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-17136-1_15 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan |
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