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end up with the same weapons. This would help ensure a common de-
fence capacity that worked efficiently in practice, and assist an even-
tual merging of forces if that was the way Europe wanted to go.
Defence research is one of the very rare industries in which an
economic case could be made for EU intervention. It is already domi-
nated by government policy, not by market forces. Managing it at a
European level would generate economies of scale without loss of pre-
vious market efficiency. Contrast that with the common agricultural
policy, where EU intervention demands a tireless fight against market
forces that would otherwise help to deliver good cheap food to the
European table.
Atlanticists should support a switch in EU spending from farms
to defence, because it will answer to American demands that Europe do
more to provide for its own defence. Anti-Atlanticists should applaud
the idea because it will help Europe to provide credibly for its own se-
curity. Farmers, of course, will scream blue murder. It is hard to imag-
ine a better set of incentives
1. Vocabulary notes:
1) ploughshares into swords – мечи на орала
2) fleece – обирать, вымогать деньги
3) rig – оснащать
4) procurement – снабжение, приобретение
5) woefully – ужасающе, удручающе
6) lagging – отставание
7) at a stroke – одним махом, в два счета
8) outstrip – обгонять, превосходить
9) world-beating – замечательный, мирового класса
10) scream blue murder – орать, дико вопить
2. Answer the following questions.
1) Do you think the title of the text is symbolic? Why?
2) Enumerate the drawbacks of subsidizing farmers through the
common agricultural policy by the European Union.
3) What does the author say comparing European defence and
America’s defence forces?
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4) What measures can help ensure a common defence capacity
and eventual merging of forces?
5) What kind of industry is defence research?
6) What is the author’s conclusion in the article?
3. Give a summary of the text. 
end up with the same weapons. This would help ensure a common de-                4) What measures can help ensure a common defence capacity
fence capacity that worked efficiently in practice, and assist an even-    and eventual merging of forces?
tual merging of forces if that was the way Europe wanted to go.                  5) What kind of industry is defence research?
       Defence research is one of the very rare industries in which an           6) What is the author’s conclusion in the article?
economic case could be made for EU intervention. It is already domi-
nated by government policy, not by market forces. Managing it at a              3. Give a summary of the text.
European level would generate economies of scale without loss of pre-
vious market efficiency. Contrast that with the common agricultural
policy, where EU intervention demands a tireless fight against market
forces that would otherwise help to deliver good cheap food to the
European table.
         Atlanticists should support a switch in EU spending from farms
to defence, because it will answer to American demands that Europe do
more to provide for its own defence. Anti-Atlanticists should applaud
the idea because it will help Europe to provide credibly for its own se-
curity. Farmers, of course, will scream blue murder. It is hard to imag-
ine a better set of incentives

      1. Vocabulary notes:
      1) ploughshares into swords – мечи на орала
      2) fleece – обирать, вымогать деньги
      3) rig – оснащать
      4) procurement – снабжение, приобретение
      5) woefully – ужасающе, удручающе
      6) lagging – отставание
      7) at a stroke – одним махом, в два счета
      8) outstrip – обгонять, превосходить
      9) world-beating – замечательный, мирового класса
      10) scream blue murder – орать, дико вопить

     2. Answer the following questions.
     1) Do you think the title of the text is symbolic? Why?
     2) Enumerate the drawbacks of subsidizing farmers through the
common agricultural policy by the European Union.
     3) What does the author say comparing European defence and
America’s defence forces?


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