The great 20th Century political philosopher, Marvin Gaye, once said "To make a dream come true; It just takes two". Will Merkel and Marcon's forthcoming Treaty of Aachen be a dream come true for those who would see a single European super-state? With the German Federal Government acknowledging that the Treaty includes the "design of the European Defence Union", and signs of much more besides, we focus on the 22 January signing of the new Aachen Treaty.

As pressure builds for the issue of EU Military Union to enter the Brexit debate, government becomes ever more vociferous that Britain will not be part of any such project. Strangely, though, history seems to suggest that Military Union was British policy from the beginning. Is it credible that Britain would not be part of something it has spent so much effort building?