Chancellor’s remarks come after Trump steps up attack on French leader over same view Angela Merkel has said EU leaders should one day consider “a real,valid European army” shortly after Donald Trump ramped up a Twitter attack on Emmanuel Macron over the same view.
Speaking to the European parliament in Strasbourg, the German chancellor backed the bold step in European defence policy, and as section of a speech extolling the need for EU cooperation in migration,climate change and counter-terrorism. “The times when we could rely on others is past,” she said.
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Source: theguardian.com