Details of the recent deal on EU defense made between Britain, France and Germany is coming out piece by piece. According to Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform, the deal primarily has three parts.

One: It calls for a new operational planning unit established within the Council Secretariat. The reason this is interesting is because this is Javier Solana territory. Not only is Solana Secretary General of the Council, he is also the EU High Representative and Secretary General of the 10-nation Western European Union alliance.

Two: The agreement allows for the creation of an avant-garde defense group of EU nations that meet certain criteria -- much like the eleven EU nations who share the Euro. And, evidently Britain, France and Germany will determine which EU nations meet the criteria. The reason I think this may be important is because it makes way for a 10 king defense alliance.

Three: There will be no EU mutual defense clause included in the new, super EU's constitution. This may be really important. You see, this will allow the 10 nation alliance in the Council to continue their mutual defense relationship in the modified Brussels Treaty.

One more thing: It looks like Spain, Poland and Britain are standing together against adopting the new "double-majority" voting system that is proposed in the EU's Draft Constitution (Read about it here). These three nations want to maintain the current weighted voting system that is currently being used. Here's why this may be important:

Under the current weighted voting system, the 10 nation alliance holds the majority vote in the Council. And, even after the EU becomes 25 nations, these 10 nations will still hold the majority vote.

I may be jumping the gun on this one. But, to me it looks like things could be falling into place for Solana and his 10 nations.

Stay tuned!