EU Observer: EU commission chief makes case for European army
European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker has said the EU should establish its own army to show Russia it is serious about defending European values.
In an interview with Die Welt am Sonntag, Juncker said "Europe has lost a huge amount of respect. In foreign policy too, we don't seem to be taken entirely seriously."
An army would allow the EU to react in a "credible manner" to threats to peace in a member state or in a neighbouring country, he noted.
"You would not create a European army to use it immediately," said Juncker, who was previously prime minister of Luxembourg. "But a common European army would send a clear message to Russia that we are serious about defending European values."
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