(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 19 - The idea of European bonds for
defence must be welcomed with favour, Italian defence Minister
Guido Crosetto said on Tuesday on the sidelines of a meeting
with his European counterparts in Brussels, commenting an
hypothesis discussed at a meeting of the enlarged Weimar
Triangle in Warsaw.
"Guaranteeing in a European way the indebtment of nations to
meet the 2%" of GDP in defence spending "looks to me like an
idea to be welcomed with favour", noted Crosetto.
"This would lift for every nation the potential weight of
interests on different debts" and would "make security and
defence a common heritage", said the defence minister. (ANSA).