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 "title": "EDIP: Europe's First Defence-Industrial Regulation and the Fight Over Who Gets Funded",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/france-relaxes-buy-eu-restrictions-in-european-defense-fund-proposal/",
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 "published": "2024-11-26T12:00:33.000+01:00",
 "updated": "2026-03-08T18:24:32.000+01:00",
 "excerpt": "The European Defence Industry Programme — the EU's first dedicated defence-industrial regulation — was adopted in December 2025 with a EUR 1.5 billion budget. The 65/35 component-origin rule survived trilogue. France's protectionist position hardened, not softened.",
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