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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

UK snubs Ashton over EU military headquarters

Situation roomBritish foreign minister William Hague on Monday (18 July) said his country would "never" agree to the idea of a single EU military headquarters to replace the command centres scattered around five member states.

"I have made very clear that the United Kingdom will not agree to a permanent operational HQ. We will not agree to it now and we will not agree to it in the future. That is a red line," Hague told reporters after a meeting of foreign ministers in Brussels.

He argued that a permanent headquarters would duplicate Nato structures and would be a "waste of money".

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