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Oorspronkelijk geplaatst door Thuleander (Bericht 8235264)

Na de (saaie) top over de toekomst van de Europese defensie gingen ze gezellig shoppen in de Zara, de Mango, de Hunkemöller en de Massimo Dutti, om af te sluiten met een lekkere latte macchiato in de Starbucks.
Zo werd het toch nog een leuke meidendag!

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European leaders are discussing "far-reaching proposals" to build a pan-European military, according to a French defense ministry document leaked to the German newspaper, the Süddeutsche Zeitung.

The efforts are part of plans to relaunch the European Union at celebrations in Rome next March marking the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, which established the European Community.

The document confirms rumors that European officials are rushing ahead with defense integration now that Britain — the leading military power in Europe — will be exiting the 28-member European Union.

British leaders have repeatedly blocked efforts to create a European army because of concerns that it would undermine the NATO alliance, the primary defense structure in Europe since 1949.

Proponents of European defense integration argue that it is needed to counter growing security threats and would save billions of euros in duplication between countries.

Critics say that the creation of a European army, a long-held goal (see Appendix below) of European federalists, would entail an unprecedented transfer of sovereignty from European nation states to unelected bureaucrats in Brussels, the de facto capital of the EU.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-0...-european-army

Meer EU, zelfs Orban steunt dit.