Are There Secret Plans To Create An EU Army?

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The Guardian: Is there a secret plan to create an EU army?

Claims from the leave side about moves to unify Europe’s armed forces are nothing more than fantasy.

“EU army plans kept secret from voters,” was the front-page story in Friday’s Times. If the claim sounded familiar, that was because just two days earlier a retired British army commander, Major General Tim Ross, had claimed in the Daily Express that the EU was “moving inexorably towards full political union and all that comes with it”, including “unified armed forces”.

Alongside Brussels bans on bendy bananas and high-powered toasters, few subjects get leave campaigners as hot under the collar as the prospect of an EU army. On Friday Nigel Farage, the Ukip leader, accused the remain side of lying about moves to create one, while the former defence secretary Liam Fox warned darkly that “Europe’s defence intentions are a dangerous fantasy” that risked cutting the UK off from the US, “our closest and most powerful ally”.

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Update: EU referendum: Plans for EU army 'kept secret' until after Brexit vote (IBTimes)

WNU Editor: The EU states cannot coordinate on migration, finances, and regulations .... I doubt they will succeed in creating an EU Army .... especially with NATO in the picture.