A pocket superpower

At first glance the recent Franco-British treaty on defence looks like a model of pragmatism, tinged by a British desire to keep greater pan-EU defence cooperation at bay. But like so many European agreements over the last decades, this aspiration to preserve sovereignty may not prevent the treaty contributing to exactly that higher level of cooperation.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: A cordial entente to match the realities of power http://www.europeansources.info/record/a-cordial-entente-to-match-the-realities-of-power/

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