EU leaders at a summit in Brussels sought to reassure the US that any plans on defence would not compete with NATO, after a NATO diplomat strongly criticised the moves.
France, the UK and Belgium all played down fears on Friday (17 October) after they, along with Germany, held an impromptu meeting to discuss plans to develop a leading European defence group.
Tony Blair, the UK Prime Minister, said: "I will never put at risk NATO and I think in the last year,it would be impossible ...
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