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UK and France to create Combined Joint Expeditionary Force
BRUSSELS – 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 joint operations in Libya and Mali, the UK and France are natural partners and have a key role to play in leading and shaping the defence and security of Europe,” a British defence ministry spokesman told EUobserver on Tuesday (17 September).
In line with the 2010 Lancaster House Treaties, the British and French army, navy and air force regularly train together and some British officers serve full time on the French aircraft carrier, the Charles de Gaulle.
Bill Bard says:
More money for killing. Got to be a profit in it for the murder industry.
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Source: http://philosophers-stone.co.uk/wordpress/2013/09/uk-and-france-to-create-combined-joint-expeditionary-force/
