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The leaders will arrive at the EU summit with opposing visions for the future
EU to place strict restrictions on €13bn cyber security and drone technology project
Setback for London in search for continuing military and defence co-operation
Germany’s chancellor offers a unifying economic plan to mollify a divided Europe
Intelligence sharing sits outside EU structures but UK worries over access to databases
Exclusion from navigation system would hit trust needed for full security partnership, London warns
US president’s demand that Berlin spend 2% of GDP on military is branded ‘cynical’
Doubts emerge over how quickly military can absorb extra money
Warning Britain will have to accept losing decision-making rights
Projection of bulging coffers puts pressure on state to raise defence spending
It makes little sense to exclude British companies from Galileo satellite project
Scholz spat with von der Leyen proves an early test for Merkel’s grand coalition
Proposed €2.5bn rise in 2019 ‘insufficient’ to modernise the Bundeswehr
Target to devote 2% of GDP to military will not be reached despite big rise in budget
Warsaw places biggest arms order with eye to security on Nato’s eastern flank
There has been precious little evidence of progress in shaping a framework for co-operation
Galileo project tests collective security against commercial rivalry
Italian elections could jeopardise creation of alliance between Fincantieri and Naval Group
Capacity stretched by shortage of equipment and thousands of unfilled posts
Brussels says programme addresses longstanding complaints Washington
Theresa May seeks a special security relationship with bloc but flashpoints remain
Participation in EU schemes such as the common arrest warrant is vital to the national interest
Washington to demand alliance’s European members raise military spending
Berlin has not shrunk from the darkest chapters of continental history
