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The “first steps” towards the UK being drawn into a major defence pact with the European Union will be signed this week, it is reported, in a new defence agreement between Britain and Germany.
Of course, as fully integrated NATO members neither Germany nor the United Kingdom need a pact to exercise together, whether in Estonia, Latvia, or elsewhere. The real meat of the deal is joint defence procurement and development cooperation, something the UK government has shown a great deal of interest in.
Excitement over a potential war and rhetoric over the importance of defence aside, Healey’s comments in Brussels last week betrays the fact the UK government’s position hasn’t changed from the default, that Britain can be more prepared even as its military continues to shrink to historic lows.
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