On Monday 4 November, Luxembourg Prime Minister Luc Frieden said that there should be a discussion about the need for a European army, arguing that the current situation did not provide the level of security that Europeans needed.
“We need to start thinking about a European army”, “one that is fully integrated and interoperable with NATO, and a strong and indispensable partner to our North American allies”, he explained at the College of Europe in Natolin. In his view, the fact that previous attempts have failed should not be a reason not to try again. “If we do not start thinking about ways to organise our common defence, we will not be strong enough when we need to defend ourselves, or our neighbours”, he said.
“Even if it will not be possible in the short term to make one big jump towards a European army, we can move forward step by step. At the beginning, we should go ahead with a coalition of the willing. A few countries that are ready to pool their sovereign rights to be more efficient in defence”, explained Mr Frieden.
See the speech: https://aeur.eu/f/e6x (Original version in French by Camille-Cerise Gessant)