EU should spend 20% of budget on security and climate disasters, report says

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The EU should spend a fifth of its common budget on security and crisis preparedness as it enters a period of increased risk from geopolitical tensions and climate change, Finland’s former president warned in a landmark report on the bloc’s defence.

Brussels had tasked Sauli Niinistö earlier this year with assessing the EU’s security needs following Russia’s…