The four largest EU powers after Brexit aim to create a new military structure to conduct crisis missions in Africa and to deter Russia.
France, Italy, Germany, and Spain set our their plan in a letter, circulated on Monday (10 October) and seen by EUobserver, from their defence ministers to their counterparts in the other 24 EU states.
They said the EU should have a “permanent” and “autonomous” capability to “plan and conduct” overseas military operations “from low to high inte...
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