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EU to sign joint defence pact in show of post-Brexit unity

At least 20 members of the European Union will next week sign up to a new defence pact, heavily promoted by France and Germany, to fund and develop joint military hardware in a show of unity following Britain’s decision to quit the bloc.

A signs near a fence marks a fictional national border of a state of the European Union during an exercise for border controls during the Cooperative Security training in Allensteig, Austria, 15 September 2017. [Lisi Niesner/EPA/EFE]

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