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Senior Brussels figures have expressed their ‘delight’ after French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel backed forming an EU army.

President Donald Trump clapped back at French President Emmanuel Macron over Macron’s call for an EU Army to protect against countries including the United States this week.

French President Emmanuel Macron has launched a European defence coalition of ten countries — including the UK, months before she is due to leave the European Union.

French President Emmanuel Macron has reiterated calls for a European Union army, this time saying that it is needed to protect the bloc from China, Russia, and even the United States.

Brexit leader Nigel Farage has slammed the European Commission president for building an army to rival NATO and the U.S. military, claiming the bloc is “hell-bent to be in direct collision with Donald Trump”.

The UK is set to join nine European Union (EU) states in signing up for a new, joint European rapid response military intervention force.

The European Union (EU) has proposed that billions more in aid be pumped into Africa including a €10.5 billion “Peace Facility” which could be used to purchase weapons for use in crisis areas.

The European Commission has announced a €13 billion “Defence Fund” paving the way for closer EU military integration – plans once called a “dangerous fantasy” by Remainer Nick Clegg.

Former British military officers have warned a new draft Brexit deal means control of UK armed forces could be given over to the European Union (EU) after Brexit.

Brussels must be careful not to weaken or undermine the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as it builds a supranational European Union (EU) Army, American military leaders have told their EU allies.

The European Commission president has praised the “sleeping beauty” of the Lisbon treaty for helping bring about the creation of a “European Defense Force,” or European Union (EU) Army.

The chancellor of the Exchequer told Prime Minister Theresa May that Britain only needs 50,000 soldiers, at a meeting about defence cuts, it has been revealed.

The European Union’s (EU) chief Brexit negotiator has been accused of an “outrageous slur” and “insult[ing]” British forces after clearly implying the UK has abandoned the fight against Islamic State terror in Europe by voting for Brexit.

An Irish MEP was seized by police officers and bundled down the street after trying to attend a secretive meeting between the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security and arms industry lobbyists, concerning its new military integration plans.

The European Union’s (EU) foreign minister has said the bloc is working at “full speed” to create a unified “defence force” on a “continental scale”.

The Foreign Secretary has said Britain is “supportive” of a European Union (EU) deal laying the foundations of an EU army, despite historically opposing it as a challenge to NATO.

Leaked plans, Eurocrats pushing for joint defence budgets and projects, and Remainers lying about the possibility of a cross-bloc military pact, here are the 34 times Breitbart London warned Britons of an EU army:

European Union loyalists have repeatedly denied EU plans for defence and military integration since 2014.

Colonel Richard Kemp warned Breitbart London that the British military will be a “pawn in the Brexit negotiation game” after 23 EU member states signed a joint military pact of which the UK may find herself involved after Brexit.

Nigel Farage has accused former Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg and other anti-Brexit campaigners of “lies” as the European Union (EU) moved to sign a deal on forming a joint military force.

The European Union has moved a step closer to an EU army with the signing of a joint military pact — with suggestions that Britain could foot part of the bill.

Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the European Commission, has called for the European Union (EU) to rapidly push ahead with the creation of an EU army.

Forces veterans have come forward to denounce the Tory Government for offering to integrate Britain into the Defence apparatus of the European Union on terms “closer than a third country” after Brexit.

BRUSSELS (AP) — Weeks after being berated by U.S. President Donald Trump for failing to spend enough on defense, European nations vowed Thursday to boost military cooperation in their part of the world.

PRAGUE (AP) – European Union leaders say the EU needs to lift its defense spending. In a speech during a conference on EU security and defense in Prague on Friday, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said the way ahead “starts

BRUSSELS (AFP) – The EU unveiled an unprecedented plan for common defence spending on Wednesday to help Europe stand alone as a global military power, while urging the United States under Donald Trump to remain on the world stage.

European Union leaders plan to move forward with the creation of an EU military headquarters within the next few days – and warn that Britain may still be expected to take part, even after Brexit. Plans to set up a

BRUSSELS (AFP) – Brexit-bound Britain is blocking the launch of an EU military headquarters because it opposes any suggestion that the unit would have an active operational role, EU diplomatic sources said Friday. After months of tough negotiations, all 28

France’s outgoing socialist premier, François Hollande, claims the United Kingdom “will become an outsider” after it leaves the European Union (EU) and cannot expect any “advantages” – but he also wishes to include it in plans for greater European military integration.

The European Union on Monday approved plans for a military headquarters to coordinate overseas security operations, foreign affairs head Federica Mogherini said.

Germany will move to create a joint fleet of military plans with France this week, as well as joining defence initiatives with the Netherlands, Norway, Romania and the Czech Republic as part of a drive to integrate European defence forces.

Members of the European Parliament have urged member states to speed up the creation of an EU army, citing growing international threats.

The chairman of Veterans for Britain, a military pressure group which campaigned for Brexit during the EU referendum, claims that the Government has signed up to advanced European military and security integration plans which are tantamount to “the UK joining the single currency in

Members of the European Parliament are set to vote on a controversial report which could see huge swathes of power to a European Union (EU) military structure, at a cost of millions to British taxpayers. The report, to be debated

(REUTERS) – The European Union agreed on Tuesday to increase its military research budget for the first time since 2010 after Britain softened its opposition, a breakthrough that may signal British support for defence co-operation even once outside the bloc.

Britain will warn NATO allies in the European Union to pay their “fair share” on defence, with only THREE other EU countries meeting their obliged minimum two per cent contribution last year.