A change of command at the EUTM Mali, a joint military partnership between the EU and Mali. Photo: EurocorpsThe Local · 10 Sep 2016, 08:42Published: 10 Sep 2016 08:42 GMT+02:00France and Germany are preparing joint proposals for a "more active and more useful" European defence policy, the French defence ministry told AFP on Friday. The objective is to make European defence "more active and more useful without substituting it for national defence bodies which remain, by definition, the key to the security of EU member states," a member of LeDrian's entourage said. There is also a suggestion for better use of Eurocorps, an intergovernmental military body that has France and Germany at its centre. The bloc could also become engaged in research and development, to strengthen the European defence industry.

Source: The Local September 10, 2016 06:45 UTC