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Ashton says the new 'situation room' cost the EU no extra money (Photo: Council of European Union)

UK snubs Ashton over EU military headquarters

by Valentina Pop, Brussels,

British foreign minister William Hague on Monday (18 July) said his country would "never" agree to the idea of a single EU military headquarters to replace the command centres scattered around five member states.

"I have made very clear that the United Kingdom will not agree to a permanent operational HQ. We will not agree to it now and we will not agree to it in the future. That is a red line," Hague told reporters after a meeting of foreign ministers in Brussels.

He argued tha...

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Ashton says the new 'situation room' cost the EU no extra money (Photo: Council of European Union)

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