"The reduction in military spending is a common theme across Europe. Five years ago, according to NATO figures, France's military budget amounted to 2.4 percent of its G.D.P.; this past year, it stood at 1.9 percent, and France's budget law orders no increase before 2019. As for Germany, Europe's economic powerhouse, it spends only 1.3 percent of its G.D.P. on defense."
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Sketches from scratches is a provocative blogspot that has grown out of the Wuh Lax experience. It is eclectic, which means that it might consider just about anything from the simple to the extremely difficult. A scratch can be something that is troubling me or a short line on paper. From a scratch comes a verbal sketch or image sketch of the issue or subject. Other sites have other stuff that should really be of interest to the broad reader. I try to develop themes, but variety often comes before depth.
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