Eastern EU countries on Friday pushed for the bloc to create a joint army as they met with Germany for talks on sketching Europe's post-Brexit future.
"We must prioritize security, and let's start by building a common European army," Hungary's right-wing prime minister, Viktor Orban, said at talks with Czech, German, Polish and Slovak leaders.
The five-nation gathering in Warsaw is part of a string of meetings among various groups of countries ahead of a summit on the EU's future following the June 23 British referendum.
Leftist Czech Premier Bohuslav Sobotka, for his part, said that "we should also begin a discussion about creating a common European army."
German Chancellor Angela Merkel also supported the idea of stronger security but urged caution on how plans were translated into acts.
"Security is a fundamental issue... we can do more together in the areas of security and defence," she said.
"Brexit is not just any event, it's a breaking point in the history of EU so we need to work out a very careful response," Merkel added, according to the official English translation of her words.
In an early response to Britain's shock vote to exit the EU, Poland's powerful right-wing leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski called for EU institutional reforms that would forge a confederation of nation states under a president in charge of a powerful common military...
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26/8/16
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"We must prioritize security, and let's start by building a common European army," Hungary's right-wing prime minister, Viktor Orban, said at talks with Czech, German, Polish and Slovak leaders.
The five-nation gathering in Warsaw is part of a string of meetings among various groups of countries ahead of a summit on the EU's future following the June 23 British referendum.
Leftist Czech Premier Bohuslav Sobotka, for his part, said that "we should also begin a discussion about creating a common European army."
German Chancellor Angela Merkel also supported the idea of stronger security but urged caution on how plans were translated into acts.
"Security is a fundamental issue... we can do more together in the areas of security and defence," she said.
"Brexit is not just any event, it's a breaking point in the history of EU so we need to work out a very careful response," Merkel added, according to the official English translation of her words.
In an early response to Britain's shock vote to exit the EU, Poland's powerful right-wing leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski called for EU institutional reforms that would forge a confederation of nation states under a president in charge of a powerful common military...
i24news.tv by AFP
26/8/16
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