DHAKA: European commission president Jean-Claude Juncker said European Union (EU) is in need of a military headquarters to work towards a common military force.

Lack of such ‘permanent structure’ has been resulted in to money waste in missions.

His annual state of the union address has a large part on UK’s unexpected voting to exit EU. Though, he insisted that the block was not at risk and urged the exit, hugely known as Brxit, negotiations should take place as early as possible.
 
Juncker warned that the UK could not expect selective ‘a la carte’ access to the internal market without accepting free movement of people, BBC reported.

He said a common military force ‘should be in complement to Nato’. A European Defence Fund would stimulate military research and development, he added in his Wednesday (September 14) talk.

“Above all, Europe means peace. It is no coincidence that the longest period of peace began with the formation of the European community,” he said while admitting EU has been facing an ‘existential crisis’.

The president of the European Commission, the executive body of the EU, has delivered an annual state of the union address since 2010.

EU leaders meet in Slovakia’s capital Bratislava on Friday, without UK Prime Minister Theresa May.

BDST: 1716 HRS, SEP 14, 2016
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