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EU needs 'big bang' on defence to face Russia threat: new commissioner / 36PQ23J
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The European Union needs a "big bang" of spending and policy changes to ramp up its defences in the face of the threat posed by Russia, the bloc's new defence chief Andrius Kubilius tells AFP. The former Lithuanian prime minister began work as the EU's first-ever dedicated defence commissioner this month, tasked with turbocharging Europe's defence industry and the stuttering push to rearm. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES
