On Tuesday 22 November, the European Parliament called on the European Council to be the driving force behind the progressive definition of a common EU policy in defence matters and to provide additional financial resources to ensure its implementation.
According to the report on the European Defence Union by Urmas Paet (ALDE, Estonia), which the MEPs adopted with 369 votes in favour, 255 against and 70 abstentions, Parliament is calling for the immediate launch of a strategy to define the...