UK set to join EU project helping swift military movements across Europe


  • World
  • Tuesday, 15 Nov 2022

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union defence ministers paved the way on Tuesday for Britain to join an EU project aimed at facilitating the swift movement of troops and military equipment across Europe, as war rages in Ukraine for a ninth month.

Britain, which formally left the EU in 2020, four years after voting in a referendum to leave the bloc, has long been sceptical about moves towards greater European military integration, fearing this could undermine NATO.

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