Anti-war leaders prepare for Euro defence meeting

The leaders of four European nations who opposed the US-led war in Iraq were meeting tomorrow to expand defence co-operation, prompting fears of more divisions within Nato and the EU.

French President Jacques Chirac, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and Luxembourg Premier Jean-Claude Juncker will join Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt, who announced the meeting in Brussels last month at the height of their dispute with Washington on how to deal with Iraq.