UK blocks bid for permanent EU security headquarters

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Series Details 19.7.11
Publication Date 19/07/2011
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EurActiv reports that the United Kingdom has blocked a proposal backed by France, Germany and Poland in July 2011 to establish a permanent headquarters for EU defence and security operations, saying it would duplicate NATO structures and be an unnecessary expense.
Source Link http://www.euractiv.com/justice/uk-blocs-bid-permanent-eu-security-headquarters-news-506640
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EEAS: Press Release, A-288/11 (18.7.11): Remarks by the High Representative Catherine Ashton at the press conference following the Foreign Affairs Council, Brussels, 18 July http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_Data/docs/pressdata/EN/foraff/123935.pdf
EUObserver, 19.7.11: UK snubs Ashton over EU military headquarters http://euobserver.com/9/32639
EEAS: EU Common Security and Defence Policy http://consilium.europa.eu/eeas/security-defence.aspx?lang=en
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