Interesting point:

The EU countries have agreed in spending an extra 33 billion in defence, not on #NATO, but in defence overall. I reckon this summit will become known has the one that provided one of the biggest pushes towards the creation of an independent EU defence capability.#NATOSummit2018

— 🇪🇺John Clark 🇪🇺 (@CivisEuropeae) July 12, 2018