EU defense chief calls for permanent 100,000-strong 'European army' -- RT World News

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : His administration, however, stressed that continued US commitment depends on European allies meeting NATO's 5% of GDP defense-spending target.
51% : " Citing French President Emmanuel Macron and former German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Kubilius noted: "[They] were speaking very similar words ten years ago... that Europe must be more independent and autonomous... and even that we need to have a European Army... a powerful, standing European military force of 100,000 troops." Kubilius also called for an overhaul of the Europe's military governance, proposing a 10-12 member European Security Council to make EU-wide defense decisions, with the UK participating despite its non-bloc status.
48% : The EU must create a 100,000-strong standing army to make military decisions independently of the US and NATO, Defense Commissioner Andrius Kubilius has said.
48% : Speaking at a security conference in Sweden on Sunday, Kubilius argued that the EU must pivot from fragmented national armies to an integrated force.
27% : Kubilius said the changes are also urgent given the US shift in foreign policy under President Donald Trump, citing the recent Venezuela raid, threats to Greenland - an autonomous territory within NATO member Denmark - and the new US National Security Strategy, which criticizes the EU and shifts Washington's focus to the Western Hemisphere.

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