On the eve of historical negotiations to finalise the EU's Constitution, the three major European defence players - Britain, Germany and France - have finally put their differences aside to reach agreement on the military capabilities of the EU.
The agreement, reached on the evening of 11 December, says that the European Union will have its own military planning cell, but this will only be used as a last resort and will not beco...
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