“I will present the plans to implement the global strategy of the European Union on security and defense. I believe this is going to be a very important step … I see that among all member states there’s an expectation to go ahead on this,” Mogherini told journalists.
She noted that the discussion would not focus on the creation of the EU army but stressed that there was a need to strengthen the EU security profile in general.
The European Union is now revising its defense strategy and discussing prospects of establishing the bloc's common army. The plan, which goes back to 1950, was revived in March 2015 by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, who said the bloc needed its own unified army to respond to threats posed to EU member states.
On September 11, French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and his German counterpart Ursula von der Leyen filed a joint proposal to the European External Action Service, calling to set up the bloc's joint defense through the facilitation of EU collective defense operations, building a common satellite surveillance system and establishing EU joint military headquarters.
