For the past five years, after decades of inactivity, a common foreign, defence and security policy in the EU has been developing at amazing speed.
With the ten new members now fully incorporated in the Union and the strategically very important Turkey finally on its way to membership, the European Union is developing a platform for global preventive military action. A strong military EU is on its way.
ENAAT Research Group, pp. 40, Martin Broek & Wendela de Vries
Januari 2006