Something less than a full-blown EU defence headquarters would not satisfy the French;anything too grand or NATO-duplicating would not get past the British.

• 如果欧盟的防御指挥部不成熟与完善的话，法国肯定是不会满意的，而如果建立起任何宏伟的项目或只是照搬北约的模式，那肯定也无法向英国交差。