Six beneficiaries of a €35m EU grant set up following the advice of a group of experts which called for more EU-level defence research had members on that group.
"This raises serious concerns about a conflict of interests," said peace activist Bram Vranken, of the Belgian group Vredesactie (Peace Action).
The European Defence Agency (EDA) however said that nothing improper has happened.
"[There] is nothing wrong [with] express[ing] your views upfront at a strategic level and...
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