Most significantly, the new deal aims to develop Europe’s military capabilities and invest to ‘fill gaps in capacity’ to reinforce the EU and Nato. It also raises the possibility of joint military deployments as well as a Franco-German defence and security council. German Chancellor Angela Merkel backed the emergence of a European army. Within Europe, the deal has largely been welcomed with a bit of pause, except by far-right and alt-right leaders. Like Opinion & Editorial on Facebook, follow @ETOpEd on Twitter to receive all updates on all our daily pieces.

Source: The Express Tribune January 24, 2019 05:03 UTC