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Sarkozy (l), Merkel (c) and Brown: France is fighting reluctance in the UK and Germany towards its proposals on EU security and defence (Photo: The Council of the European Union)

French EU defence plan is not anti-NATO, minister says

by Valentina Pop, Brussels,

The US is still critical of the EU's common security and defence policy, a pet project of the bloc's French presidency, but French interior minister Michelle Alliot-Marie defended the initiative on Monday as not being aimed against NATO.

Challenged by the deputy chairman of the NATO military committee, Lt. Gen. Karl Eikenberrry to explain France's view on the transatlantic link in the enhanced EU security and defence policy, Ms Alliot-Marie said "there are countries who don't have conf...

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Sarkozy (l), Merkel (c) and Brown: France is fighting reluctance in the UK and Germany towards its proposals on EU security and defence (Photo: The Council of the European Union)

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