Friday, November 10 , 2017 - 20:57 (EET) Section: European Voice (EU)
The European Commission wants to be sure troops, tanks and other heavy military equipment can deploy speedily across the Continent, and it seems willing to steamroll the European Council and NATO to make it happen.
In a communication published Friday, the Commission announced an action plan “to facilitate and help to expedite military mobility,” which effectively amounted to a pre-emptive strike by the Commission ahead of a meeting of defense ministers at the Council on Monday, where they are to officially sign on to a new military cooperation initiative.
The Commission communiqué also caught NATO off guard, prompting Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg
Source: European Voice
Friday, November 10 , 2017 - 20:57 (EET) Section: European Voice (EU)
The European Commission wants to be sure troops, tanks and other heavy military equipment can deploy speedily across the Continent, and it seems willing to steamroll the European Council and NATO to make it happen.
In a communication published Friday, the Commission announced an action plan “to facilitate and help to expedite military mobility,” which effectively amounted to a pre-emptive strike by the Commission ahead of a meeting of defense ministers at the Council on Monday, where they are to officially sign on to a new military cooperation initiative.
The Commission communiqué also caught NATO off guard, prompting Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg
Source: European Voice
