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This “non paper” arises from the reflections of a small group of people with backgrounds in military, diplomacy, journalism and politics. Due to the public offices held by certain members of this group, some authors shall remain anonymous.
The starting point for these reflections, leading to the preparation of this draft memorandum of understanding for the establishment of a Common European Army, is that NATO – of which 21 of the 27 European Union countries are members – is at present fundamentally capable of defending the territorial integrity of its members, but not – for essentially political reasons – in a position to respond to crises in the EU’s neighbouring countries, or, as a consequence, various threats to the security of the EU and its member states. Lire la suite