Oh, that will be another EU ask of the UK relationship - participate in Brussels-led peacekeeping missions. Almost like those quotes like "no more reset until the UK lays out full demands" didn't actually reflect the full story. www.ft.com/content/352a...
Foreign ministers urge UK to take part in conflict prevention as London pushes for deeper security co-operation
If the UK wants to develop incentives in the military field that generate EU engagement with UK asks, then the UK also has to invest to sustain the military assets the EU finds useful.
Its just to fill the vacuum.
Well, this is in fact a gift - one more to the small number of things we now are able to offer.
Though the UK government does need to be thinking a lot more about asks if it doesn't want the entire negotiating agenda to be set - again - by the EU.