No rivals to NATO: Britain will veto joint EU army as long as it’s in the bloc

‘UK will not allow the creation of a joint European army and does not want “a rival to NATO” to emerge, the Defense Secretary said. This remarkable warning came as EU leaders welcomed the move to set up common armed forces at the summit in Bratislava.
Britain was not invited to the meeting given its souring relations with Brussels after the Brexit vote. The EU summit in Bratislava discussed, among other issues, a set of measures meant to create and develop Europe’s own military force.
“That is not going to happen,” British Defense Secretary Michael Fallon told The Times on Saturday. “We are full members of the EU and we will go on resisting any attempt to set up a rival to NATO.”’
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