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Anglo-French Defence Treaty, 2 November 2010

The Anglo-French Treaty signed on Tuesday 2 November is, I suppose, a necessary step in the current fiscal climate to enable both Britain and France to make short-term savings in government expenditure and enable us to maintain our defence posture. However, despite David Cameron's repeated use of the word 'sovereignty' in stressing the benefits of the agreement, no-one should be in any doubt that this agreement is also a significant step towards the creation of 'European' armed services.
The creation of a fully integrated European defence establishment is provided for in the Lisbon Treaty, as is also the integration of police forces, paramilitaries and the justice system.
This agreement to cooperate jointly in defence matters is a step beyond that which is necessary for the purposes of NATO. In my opinion it should be seen to be part of the movement towards an increasingly wholly-integrated United States of Europe, in which Britain will be totally subsumed into a collection of administrative Regions.

Labels: Anglo-French Defence Treaty, Lisbon Treaty, UK sovereignty

posted by longfuse @ 4:49 pm