EU revamps security and adopts 'independent' spirit

The European Union has agreed a defence plan which could see it sending rapid response forces abroad for the first time. Foreign and Defence ministers meeting in Brussels said their revamped strategy which envisaged greater co-ordination in EU-led peacekeeping missions, reflected a willingness to act independently of the US but dismissed competition with NATO or the creation of a European army.

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