Juncker’s EU Army REALITY: ‘Military Mobility Plan’ for 2025 Put Forward TODAY
- Juncker’s EU Army REALITY: ‘Military Mobility Plan’ for 2025 Put Forward TODAY
by NICOLE STINSON, https://www.express.co.uk/, 28 March 2018
BRUSSELS will power ahead with Jean-Claude Juncker’s dream of creating a “fully fledged European Defence Union” by 2025 with the unveiling of military mobility plans today.
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Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc is expected to urge EU Member States to increase “military mobility” to pave the way for the superstate’s army. A draft of the document seen by Politico said: “Improving military mobility in the European Union is one of the practical steps to that end.”
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Last year Brussels put into motion plans for an EU Army after 23 states signed off on a key military agreement in November – a move a high-ranking eurocrat hailed as a “historic day”. At the time, one unnamed official quoted by Reuters news agency said: “We’ve never come this far before. We are in a new situation.” Federica Mogherini the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security said: “It’s going to be quite a historic day today for European defence.”
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