EU defense head calls for permanent 100,000-strong bloc army

Andrius Kubilius has claimed that a unified military force would reduce reliance on the US and NATO

The EU needs to create a 100,000-strong standing army to make military decisions independently of the US and NATO, Defense Commissioner Andrius Kubilius has said.

The bloc must pivot away from fragmented national armies to an integrated force, he told a security conference in Sweden on Sunday. The suggestion, however, goes against existing EU rules.

“We need to go for a ‘big bang’ in defense,” the commissioner said. Citing French President Emmanuel Macron and former German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Kubilius noted: “[They] were speaking very…

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