I didnt catch this last week:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politic ... -army.html
Leaders of all 27 EU countries promised to “strengthen” Europe’s ability to deploy troops “rapidly and effectively” in any future crisis.
They committed to “systematically considering cooperation” across Europe whenever EU member states begin drawing up their national defence plans. Britain already has a formal treaty with France for sharing defence capabilities, such aircraft carrier capacity.