On Tuesday 6 November, France’s President Emmanuel Macron said Europe would not be protected, especially against Russia, unless there were a true European army.
“We shall not protect European citizens unless we decide to have a real European army”, he explained during an interview on Europe 1 radio, on the sidelines of the commemorations marking the end of World War I. “We must have a European army able to defend itself on its own, without depending on the United States, and in a...