Barroso's war games
Posted,9/30/2011 12:00:00 PM
In his "State of the Union" address to the European Parliament today (28 September), Commission President Manuel Barroso focused mainly on the economic and financial crisis engulfing the Eurozone. But he also took the opportunity to call for further defence integration, "if we want to punch above our weight in the world". He also called for a "single defence market and a European defence industry".
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Plans for an EU military HQ will undermine NATO
Posted,9/8/2011 3:00:00 PM
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The EU needs to stop playing soldiers
Posted,7/18/2011 3:00:00 PM
A senior Conservative MEP has condemned proposals which would see British troops taking orders from a European Union Military headquarters.
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Ashton told to "stop flogging the dead horse of EU defence policy"
Posted,5/11/2011 12:00:00 AM
Strasbourg, 11th May 2011 -- In the European Parliament in Strasbourg today MEPs debated the EU's defence ambitions with the EU High Representative, Baroness Ashton. She received criticism from euro-federalists for not doing enough and from euro-realists for having unrealistic and inappropriate ambitions.
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EU desperately tries to create military role for itself in Libya
Posted,4/13/2011 12:00:00 AM
Brussels, 13th April 2011 -- The European Union is trying to create a military role for itself in the Libya crisis. At its Council meeting on 12 April, it decided that, if requested by the UN, it will conduct a humanitarian assistance operation, "EUFOR Libya".
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