The Rise of the EU Quangos

Just like in the UK, all too many EU agencies duplicate work done elsewhere, crowd out private sector activity and add very dubious value.
Probably the most indefensible of these bodies is the European Defence Agency (EDA). It is well-documented that European nations do not spend enough on their own defence.
But instead of increasing that spending, Eurocrats decided the solution was to set up a quango.

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