On Thursday 30 August, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini said in Vienna that the idea of the Austrian Presidency of the EU Council of using military personnel and resources to protect the European Union's external borders could be a "useful" contribution to strengthening civil and military cooperation at European level.
But, she said, on the subject of common security and defence policy (CSDP), the European treaties only allow such...