Berlin, Paris and Warsaw keen to beef up EU military muscle

EUObserver reports that France, Germany and Poland have urged EU foreign relations chief Catherine Ashton to personally take charge of plans to boost military co-operation between EU countries and between EU and Nato structures.

WEU: Assembly (European Security and Defence Assembly): Report: Permanent structured cooperation under the Lisbon Treaty, June 2010 http://www.assembly-weu.org/en/documents/sessions_ordinaires/rpt/2010/2074.pdf

Eurostep: The Lisbon Treaty: Protocol on Permanent Structured Cooperation established by Article 42 of the Treaty on European http://www.lisbon-treaty.org/wcm/the-lisbon-treaty/protocols-annexed-to-the-treaties/673-protocol-on-permanent-structured-cooperation-established-by-article-42-of-the-treaty-on-european.html

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