"We want to tackle the challenges we face by doing more together and doing it better, by looking for greater efficiencies and value for money (and) by pooling and sharing of military capabilities," EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said.
"This is the only pragmatic way forward given the growing demand for the European Union to become a more capable, coherent and strategic global actor," said Ashton, who is also responsible for the bloc's security policy.
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Wednesday, 1 February 2012
EU: Members Must Share More Military Resources
European Union nations must increasingly pool their military resources, especially as individual members keep trimming their budgets and the U.S reshapes its military strategy to focus on regions beyond Europe, the bloc's top defense officials said Tuesday.
European Union nations must increasingly pool their military resources, especially as individual members keep trimming their budgets and the U.S reshapes its military strategy to focus on regions beyond Europe, the bloc's top defense officials said Tuesday.
"We want to tackle the challenges we face by doing more together and doing it better, by looking for greater efficiencies and value for money (and) by pooling and sharing of military capabilities," EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said.
"This is the only pragmatic way forward given the growing demand for the European Union to become a more capable, coherent and strategic global actor," said Ashton, who is also responsible for the bloc's security policy.
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