Brussels chief’s vision for a Euro army: Juncker tells how he envisages member states ‘pooling’ resources and buying equipment together

‘Jean-Claude Juncker yesterday outlined his vision for stronger military co-operation between EU nations – in what will be interpreted as a push towards an ‘EU army’.
In a blueprint on how the bloc will operate after Brexit, he envisaged a European defence union in which member states will ‘pool’ military resources and even buy equipment together.
The European Commission President said in one such scenario, defence cooperation would be ‘deepened’ and more money would be poured into EU missions abroad.
Joint procurement was put forward as one idea, with more integrated capabilities between member states. His white paper came just days after the German military merged one of its divisions with Czech and Romanian brigades.’
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