HC Deb 17 April 2000 vol 348 cc362-3W
27. Mr. Plaskitt

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress has been made since the Helsinki summit in improving European defence co-operation. [117907]

Mr. Hoon

We continue to make excellent progress on the European defence initiative. At the recent informal European Council in Lisbon, EU member states agreed the process for taking forward the commitment to improving capabilities made at Helsinki. The interim bodies necessary for the EU to decide on military matters were established in March.

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