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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10070
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/defence

United kingdom defence green paper calls for stronger European defence and security policy

Brussels, 03/02/2010 (Agence Europe) - In its Green Paper on defence published on Wednesday 3 February, the British government underlined the need to develop a stronger European defence and security policy, which implies greater military cooperation in the EU. The document was presented by the United Kingdom's secretary of defence, Bob Ainsworth, and reaffirms, nonetheless, the primacy of NATO and the military alliance between the United Kingdom and the US. It also emphasises the advantages...

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