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There is no such thing as EU defence - EU states have their own forces. The main defensive alliance in Europe is NATO, and the most important NATO country is the US.

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For Northern Europe there's UK led JEF

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Expeditionary_Force

Less important than NATO, and not EU either - 10 countries, six of which are in the EU, three including the lead country are not.

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