Informal European Council

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Justice – in the House of Commons at 3:41 pm on 31 January 2012.

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Photo of David Cameron David Cameron The Prime Minister, Leader of the Conservative Party 3:41, 31 January 2012

The point is this: we should make sure that NATO is the cornerstone of our defence and we should be very clear about our own defence responsibilities—I have spoken about the Falklands. We need to win the argument in Europe that there is no point in having endless competing defence headquarters. What we need throughout NATO, particularly in Europe, is greater defence capacity, and we need to encourage other European partners to invest in that.