Washington is keen to see Europe do more in its own neighbourhood and US presidential candidate Donald Trump has questioned whether North Atlantic Treaty Organisation should support allies not seen to be spending enough on defence.
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“But without a permanent structure we can not act effectively”.
But Juncker said a common military force “should be in complement to Nato”.
If you’re reading this from a country that is staying in the European Union, good news!
Asked about Mr Juncker’s comments, a Downing Street spokesman said: “The language expressed by the president is a matter for him”. Ah, if only we knew that before Brexit came along.
Set up last year to run for three years until 2018 with a target of mobilising 315 billion euros of investment, the current EFSI target is based on 21 billion euros of European Union money being leveraged 15 times by other investors.
“We will make sure that our European investment fund will provide a minimum of at least 500 billion euros worth of investment [potential] by 2020 and we will work [to surpass] that and reach 630 billion euros by 2022”, he added. “We will be very strict in terms of who can cross our borders and this is something that we are looking to implement by the end of the year”, he said in his annual policy speech. “This should be to complement North Atlantic Treaty Organisation”, he said, also outlining proposals for a common defence fund.
The president of the European Commission has claimed 40 years of “lies” were responsible for Britons deciding to leave the EU.
Amid the violence, Theresa May called the Polish prime minister Beata Szydlo to express her “deep regret” and to stress “hate crime has no place in United Kingdom society”. The political problem, he said, is that the economic benefits of such initiatives are often “invisible” to voters.
“Our friends and partners world-wide, who all deeply regret Brexit, are wondering whether Brexit is the beginning of the break down and the disintegration process for the European Union”.
The European Commission (EC) proposals would also require platforms to deploy technology that can detect songs or videos which have been requested for removal by rights holders.
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“The next 12 months are the crucial time to deliver an EU that protects and preserves the European way of life, that defends our citizens at home and overseas, and takes responsibility”, he added.
