Britain must pay its “fair share” into an EU defence fund worth €150 billion if UK arms companies are to benefit from European rearmament, Sir Keir Starmer has been warned.
Miguel Berger, the German ambassador to the UK, told Times Radio that European taxpayers’ money “cannot go simply into British companies”.
The EU announced this week that non-member states, including the UK, US and Turkey, would be excluded from the fund unless they signed security deals with Brussels.
• British arms industry blocked from €150bn EU defence fund
British officials had lobbied to be included in the scheme but lost out after President Macron demanded a “Europe-only” approach and appealed to EU members to buy French fighter jets and air defence systems.
President Macron called on members to buy French fighter aircraft
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Berger said the
