European Defence Agency (EDA)
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Common Defence
Time to close ranks
9 March 20102European Voice Brussels -
France/Poland
Paris and Warsaw cosy up on defence
5 November 2009PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
EU Presidency
Poland in 2011 to emulate France
23 September 2009PresseuropDziennik Gazeta Prawna -
Lisbon referendum
Three reasons to say No
16 September 2009The Sunday Business Post Dublin -
27 August 2009PresseuropCotidianul
When it comes to defence, each member state has so far been content to pump money into its own army. But challenges posed by the conflict in Afghanistan may force a rethink of this policy. 
The outcome of the Irish referendum on the Lisbon treaty, 2 October, remains uncertain. In the Sunday Business Post, veteran journalist Vincent Browne calls for a No vote, not on points traditionally associated with those hostile to the controversial treaty, but on the centralisation of powers, particularly those of foreign policy, that would follow with ratification.