Germany is pushing for the adoption of a common threat assessment called a ‘Strategic Compass’ to orient the EU’s military policy – and is seeking the UK’s participation. The lack of democratic oversight envisaged by the plan should give all […]
Executive Director of Veterans for Britain Dr Lee Rotherham provides an overview of the complex web that is the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy. Like much European integration over the decades, it represents integration by stealth, and will pose […]
Lieutenant-General Jonathon Riley provides a 10-point assessment of the defence section of the negotiations, following research by the Veterans for Britain team which involved reviewing the EU defence policy. This article originally appeared on Briefings for Britain and is reproduced with […]
The Brexit Day celebrations are over and now it’s back to work, for the threats to UK independence in the ‘future relationship’ negotiations are numerous. David Banks, researcher with Veterans for Britain, summarises these threats in the sphere of security […]
We reproduce here a presentation with accompanying slides given by Lt Gen Jonathon Riley at 61 Whitehall on Monday 2 September 2019. It shows how UK ministers have been signing us up to pillars of the European Defence Union after […]
CIB Chairman Edward Spalton reflects on Veterans for Britain researcher David Banks’s presentation on European defence integration at our 2019 Annual Rally. Banks’s presentation — which can be viewed in full in the video below — showed in meticulous detail […]
