The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, gave his support on Thursday 6 May, at the end of the Council of European Defence Ministers, to the proposal of 14 Member States to set up a ‘first entry force’, “a first response that could be deployed when facing an early crisis” (see EUROPE B12713A5).
“I think it’s good to have the ability to intervene immediately. If we really want to be a geopolitical power, we should be able to...