The European Union (EU) has increased the budget of its armament agency by one third to €32m.

The 2008 budget includes €6m for developing technology for unmanned aircraft, which will need further approval from EU nations after a technical and economic assessment of the project.

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Defence ministers agreed at least 20 percent of military budgets should go toward new equipment purchases, up from the current level of 19.4 percent.

For a second year Britain has blocked plans to set a three-year agency budget that would allow for longer-term planning.

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