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Video. Fact-check: EU won't 'confiscate' private savings to spend on defence

Updated: 02/04/2025 - 8:36 GMT+2

A fresh push to incentivise Europeans to invest in EU assets has been weaponised in an online disinformation campaign. Euroverify investigates.

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