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Figures from 2012 for the military of the European Union puts their armament at 546 ships, 2,448 aircraft & 7,695 battle tanks; active personnel at 1,551,038; and a budget of €192.5 billion (which is 17.5 billion lower than the article states that it is today). It would only take the will of the politicians to put this Beast power into action!
AN EUROPEAN UNION (EU) army which would take over border controls and replace national forces is developing “much faster than people believe”, according to the leader of the European Parliament.
EU officials have long-held the ambition to launch a European army
European People’s Party (EPP) president Joseph Daul has now admitted the European Parliament will try to push through plans that would go far beyond what even Mr Juncker had intended.
Under the latest proposals, a common European-wide army would become a force capable of taking on missions of “higher intensity” and even replace national guards at EU borders.
Bureaucrats in Brussels are trying to capitalise on concerns over “Russian aggression” and the migrant crisis to push through the long-held ambitions for a European army.
Whereas Mr Junker’s original vision was for a force capable of dealing with ‘post-conflict peace-keeping’, the European Parliament is now preparing to discuss an aggressive common military force.
Mr Daul admitted: “We are going to move towards an EU army much faster than people believe.
“Rising threats must now lead to a change in mind-set.
He said: “EU’s soft power must be matched by collective hard power and a more efficient use of our €210 billion yearly defence spending.
“Traditional methods of cooperation have reached their limits and proved insufficient.”
Figures from 2012 for the military of the European Union puts their armament at 546 ships, 2,448 aircraft & 7,695 battle tanks; active personnel at 1,551,038; and a budget of €192.5 billion (which is 17.5 billion lower than the article states that it is today). It would only take the will of the politicians to put this Beast power into action!
AN EUROPEAN UNION (EU) army which would take over border controls and replace national forces is developing “much faster than people believe”, according to the leader of the European Parliament.
EU officials have long-held the ambition to launch a European army
European People’s Party (EPP) president Joseph Daul has now admitted the European Parliament will try to push through plans that would go far beyond what even Mr Juncker had intended.
Under the latest proposals, a common European-wide army would become a force capable of taking on missions of “higher intensity” and even replace national guards at EU borders.
Bureaucrats in Brussels are trying to capitalise on concerns over “Russian aggression” and the migrant crisis to push through the long-held ambitions for a European army.
Whereas Mr Junker’s original vision was for a force capable of dealing with ‘post-conflict peace-keeping’, the European Parliament is now preparing to discuss an aggressive common military force.
Mr Daul admitted: “We are going to move towards an EU army much faster than people believe.
“Rising threats must now lead to a change in mind-set.
He said: “EU’s soft power must be matched by collective hard power and a more efficient use of our €210 billion yearly defence spending.
“Traditional methods of cooperation have reached their limits and proved insufficient.”
