Britain is forging ahead on military co-operation with France, while warning about EU "interference" on defence.
The two countries are the EU's leading military powers.
They spent €92 billion on defence last year (more than Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain put together), according to Swedish NGO Sipri.
They are also the most hawkish. They took the lead in wars in Libya and Mali and they were keen to join US strikes on Syria.
"As shown from our joi...
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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.