BRUSSELS (Sputnik) — European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker proposed no Friday to set up in Brussels the central command headquarters of the European Union’s civil and military operations.
"I proposed to place the central headquarters in Brussels," Juncker said, delivering a speech at the Jacques Delors Institute in Paris.
4 October 2016, 11:09 GMT
In September, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini proposed to establish a joint staff command of civilian-military EU operations.
The head of the EU diplomacy said that the creation of the united armed forces of the European Union was not a case of near future, though some proposals for the European defense and security strategy were expected by the end of the year.
According to Juncker, placing command headquarters in Brussels would be the first step toward strengthening the military component of the European security and defense policy.
