The critical weaknesses in Starmer’s EU defence pact

Press quote (The Telegraph)
Aslak Berg, Ian Bond, Charles Grant
17 May 2025

“Without question, signature of the pact at the summit is desirable, but in the near future it will not create the single European defence market, including the UK, that some member-states would like to see,” the Centre for European Reform, a think-tank, has said in a report ahead of the summit.