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Germany and France Draw Plans for EU Defense Cooperation

Srdjan Zivulovic / Reuters

Germany and France have drawn up plans for closer EU defense cooperation, including a new military HQ and swifter deployment of overseas missions, EU Observer reports.

The ideas were outlined by the two countries’ defense ministers, Ursula Von der Leyen and Jean-Yves Le Drian, in a six-page paper sent to the EU foreign service on Sunday.

According to the source, the EU military missions, such as the Sophia anti-migrant smuggler operation or the Atalanta anti-pirate mission, should in future be commanded out of a joint military HQ instead of rotational command by EU states.

It says EU states should create a new command centre for coordinating medical assistance, a logistics centre for sharing “strategic” assets, such as air-lift capacities, and should share satellite reconnaissance data.

 

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