DAWN OF EU ARMY: MEPs APPROVE new £420million-a-year SUPER FORCE to defend Europe
THE EUROPEAN UNION (EU) Army will be up and running in less than a year after MEPs today voted for the creation of a super force which can override NATO.
By Siobhan McFadyen
PUBLISHED: 12:40, Tue, Nov 22, 2016 | UPDATED: 15:38, Tue, Nov 22, 2016
The vote was not supported by everyone in the Strasbourg Parliament after it narrowly passed by 369 votes to 255, with 70 abstentions.
And astonishingly it has been agreed that the EU should also be prepared to act autonomously in cases where NATO is not willing to take the lead.
However the EU is celebrating this victory claiming the security situation in and around Europe has worsened significantly in recent years, due to challenges like terrorism, hybrid threats or cyber and energy insecurity.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/735031/EU-votes-to-create-Super-Army-as-defence-plan-passes-through-parliament
