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| Britain to block EU army |
| 2016-09-18 |
| [THETIMES.CO.UK] Britannia will veto measures to build an EU army for as long as it remains a member of the union, the defence secretary has warned. Sir Michael Fallon’s comments came as it emerged that La Belle France and Germany had drawn up a timetable to create a "common military force" that would rival NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions... in army capability. According to a document discussed by EU leaders at a summit in Bratislava yesterday, the European Commission will put forward proposals in December for the common military force, with the aim of agreement by June next year. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Posturing. They should be out within two years, and it will take the EU longer than that to organize the thing anyway. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2016-09-18 12:10 |
| #1 Sir Michael Fallon’s comments came as it emerged that La Belle France and Germany had drawn up a timetable to create a "common military force" that would rival NATO in army capability. Paper tiger without a budget. How much would it cost to replace American capabilities they rely upon now. Heck, their Libyan adventure forced them to ask America for supplies which they burned through in around a week, not including the telecommunications and intel capacities. Big, big, big $$$$$. All talk, little change in budgets. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-09-18 07:51 |