Tuesday, September 27, 2016

EU Defense Ministers Continue Talks On Increasing Military Cooperation



Wall Street Journal: EU Defense Ministers Discuss Deeper Military Cooperation

Initiative to improve security ties aimed at strengthening regional unity

European Union defense ministers on Tuesday discussed proposals for increased military cooperation amid concern by Britain and some Eastern European governments that such collaboration could undermine the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and duplicate the alliance’s work.

The proposals debated by the ministers, who met in the Slovak capital Bratislava, are part of a push by European officials and diplomats to strengthen European ties after Britain’s vote in June to leave the bloc.

Europe is also under pressure from the U.S. to step up its military spending, with the Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump, again pressing Europe Monday evening to shoulder more of the burden of its own defense.

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More News On EU Defense Ministers Continuing Talks On Increasing Military Cooperation

EU Presses Ahead With Military Plans, UK Opposes Any EU Army -- AP
France, Germany to table defence plan at Bratislava ministerial meeting -- EurActiv
France, Germany present defense plan -- CCTV
'No contradiction' between EU defence plan and NATO: Stoltenberg -- 7 News
Showdown Over Franco-German Defense Plans as EU Split on Military Cooperation -- Sputnik
Britain's fear of European army muddles EU defense plan -- Reuters
Britain Still a Thorn in the Side of EU Military Cooperation -- VOA
UK 'will oppose any idea of EU army' despite impending Brexit -- DW
Michael Fallon: UK will oppose plans for EU army -- BBC

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