This is how it starts... a non-country, bureaucratic group with an ideological agenda with
it's eye on having it's own army. Thank God Germany is not involv... er.
France to push for European Army NOW as it pushes Germany for more EU integration.
'France will ask its European Union allies to push ahead with joint defence projects
-as the country steps up its backing for an EU army.
The new Armed Forces Minister Sylvie Goulard announced her intention to get closer to
Germany over new President Emmanuel Macron's fears countries will start to look after
their own interests, and not those of the bloc.
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Goulard, a European expert, took the control of the renamed defence ministry last week.
Mr Macron is set on pushing for greater defence integration.
Ms Goulard said in her first message to military and civilian personnel: "I am attached to
making European defence projects move forward. "Some elements already exist, but others
still need to be conceived and developed to better ensure our security in these times of
interdependence.
“To achieve this effort, work with Germany will be decisive."
A European lawmaker who speaks four languages, Goulard is respected in Brussels as a
straight talker, having acted as adviser to former European Commission president Romano
Prodi.
A close ally of Macron, she ranks fourth in the government hierarchy, and becomes only the
second woman to head the ministry, which reverts to its pre-1974 name of Ministry of the
Armed Forces.
Goulard also said she wanted to ensure that Franco-British security and defence cooperation
did not suffer from the decision to leave the European Union.
An advocate of closer EU integration, Macron backs a "multi-speed" Europe, an idea that
has earned growing support in Germany and other EU countries since Britain voted to leave
the bloc.
In the past, France has tended to be seen by allies as an intransigent, go-it-alone power
because of its military interventions in arenas like Libya, the Middle East and the Sahel.
Nineteen countries including France, Germany, Italy and Spain be in talks from next month
on the so-called Cooperative Financial Mechanism, or CFM.
The joint fund, financed national governments, would be the third part of a payment plan
involving a proposed research facility led by the European Commission, the EU executive,
and money from the EU's common budget for defence...'
SOURCE:
But... to counter the above article, The Telegraph produced this on the same day (Saturday)
New EU army headquarters branded little more than a 'call centre'
'A much-touted EU military headquarters set to be launched in the coming days has been
dismissed as a "call centre" that will be staffed by "eight to nine people" with other jobs.
EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini confirmed this week that a so-called Military
Planning and Conduct Capability (MPCC) facility would finally be formally launched in a
few days.
Although the UK blocked the creation of the EU military unit this week, objecting to use
of the words “operational HQ" in the text, there was scant concern about its remit, said
a Whitehall source.
“The so-called ‘HQ’ amounts to eight or nine people all of whom have existing jobs and
will come together to work with the existing general who heads EU military.
It’s about as low-ambition as you can get away with," he told The Telegraph...'
SOURCE:
it's eye on having it's own army. Thank God Germany is not involv... er.
France to push for European Army NOW as it pushes Germany for more EU integration.
'France will ask its European Union allies to push ahead with joint defence projects
-as the country steps up its backing for an EU army.
The new Armed Forces Minister Sylvie Goulard announced her intention to get closer to
Germany over new President Emmanuel Macron's fears countries will start to look after
their own interests, and not those of the bloc.
Goulard, a European expert, took the control of the renamed defence ministry last week.
Mr Macron is set on pushing for greater defence integration.
Ms Goulard said in her first message to military and civilian personnel: "I am attached to
making European defence projects move forward. "Some elements already exist, but others
still need to be conceived and developed to better ensure our security in these times of
interdependence.
“To achieve this effort, work with Germany will be decisive."
A European lawmaker who speaks four languages, Goulard is respected in Brussels as a
straight talker, having acted as adviser to former European Commission president Romano
Prodi.
A close ally of Macron, she ranks fourth in the government hierarchy, and becomes only the
second woman to head the ministry, which reverts to its pre-1974 name of Ministry of the
Armed Forces.
Goulard also said she wanted to ensure that Franco-British security and defence cooperation
did not suffer from the decision to leave the European Union.
An advocate of closer EU integration, Macron backs a "multi-speed" Europe, an idea that
has earned growing support in Germany and other EU countries since Britain voted to leave
the bloc.
In the past, France has tended to be seen by allies as an intransigent, go-it-alone power
because of its military interventions in arenas like Libya, the Middle East and the Sahel.
Nineteen countries including France, Germany, Italy and Spain be in talks from next month
on the so-called Cooperative Financial Mechanism, or CFM.
The joint fund, financed national governments, would be the third part of a payment plan
involving a proposed research facility led by the European Commission, the EU executive,
and money from the EU's common budget for defence...'
SOURCE:
But... to counter the above article, The Telegraph produced this on the same day (Saturday)
New EU army headquarters branded little more than a 'call centre'
'A much-touted EU military headquarters set to be launched in the coming days has been
dismissed as a "call centre" that will be staffed by "eight to nine people" with other jobs.
EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini confirmed this week that a so-called Military
Planning and Conduct Capability (MPCC) facility would finally be formally launched in a
few days.
Although the UK blocked the creation of the EU military unit this week, objecting to use
of the words “operational HQ" in the text, there was scant concern about its remit, said
a Whitehall source.
“The so-called ‘HQ’ amounts to eight or nine people all of whom have existing jobs and
will come together to work with the existing general who heads EU military.
It’s about as low-ambition as you can get away with," he told The Telegraph...'
SOURCE:
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