NATO Chief Slams EU Bureaucrat Juncker for EU Army: 'Don't Duplicate NATO'
- NATO Chief Slams EU Bureaucrat Juncker for EU Army: ‘Don’t Duplicate NATO’
by http://www.express.co.uk/
BRITAIN’S top soldier yesterday warned EU bureaucrats not to “duplicate” Nato.
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Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach – who becomes Nato’s top military officer next year – spoke out after European Commission president Jean-Claude Junker pushed for an EU defence force. Mr Juncker said: “By 2025 we need a fully fledged European defence union. We need it and Nato wants it.”
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But yesterday Sir Stuart, chief of the Defence Staff and soon to be chairman of Nato’s Military Committee, said the 29-nation transatlantic alliance must not be undermined. Asked if the EU’s plans pose a threat to Nato, he said: “Nato is… a hard power. It has divisions, it has cores, it has aircraft, it has ships, it has submarines. “It has a proper sense of direction and leadership.
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