A squabble is developing between Britain and France over who should run the European armaments agency - a key element of the EU's common foreign and security policy.
Member states agreed last November to establish an agency to co-ordinate weapons procurement across the EU and to evaluate the armament needs of Member States.
Work was due to begin in January but the two leading military powers in the EU - Britain and France - have been fighting over who should lead the new body, ac...
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