EU needs common army, says German finance minister

‘To cope with security challenges at home and abroad, the EU must have a common military instead of 28 national armies, the German finance minister proposed in an interview, insisting the bloc should engage more to tackle Middle Eastern and African crises.

“We will have to spend a lot more funds for joint European defence initiatives,” Wolfgang Schäuble, federal finance minister and vocal conservative politician, told Bild am Sonntag newspaper.

“In the end, our goal must be a common European Army,” he said, arguing that national military spending across 28 countries in the EU “could be employed in a far better way together.”’

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