article_snippet: Mr Juncker has called for the creation of an the EU army .
article_snippet: Mr Juncker has called for the creation of an EU army.
article_snippet: The European Commission President said an the EU military force would help defend the continent from Vladimir Putin's aggression.
article_snippet: The European Commission President said: 'You would not create a European army to use a European army immediately. '
article_snippet: But a common army among the Europeans would convey to Russia that we are serious about defending the values of the European Union.'
article_snippet: The European Commission President said a joint the EU force would be more economical than each country individually ordering a joint EU force own military kit.
article_snippet: a joint EU force would also drive further integration of the bloc's 28 member states. '
article_snippet: Such an army would help us design a common foreign and security policy,' Mr Juncker said.
article_snippet: Mr Juncker insisted Such an army would not challenge NATO's role defending Europe from Russian aggression.
article_snippet: Germany's Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen said in a statement that 'we future as Europeans will one day be a European army' although Germany's Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen added 'not in the short term'.
article_snippet: Germany's Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen said such a move would 'strengthen Europe's security' and 'strengthen a European pillar in the transatlantic alliance'.
article_snippet: European Commission President said an EU military force would help defend continent from Vladimir Putin's aggression .
article_snippet: Mr Hammond stressed that there was a 'hard red line' protecting Nato's Baltic members from Russian incursions, with the option of invoking the alliance's measure allowing for collective defence: 'Mr Putin knows that very well and that is what protects the Baltic states.'
highlights_snippet: The European Commission President called for an EU military force .
  
highlights_snippet: The European Commission President said: 'A common army  would convey to Russia that we are serious'
  Mr Juncker also claimed that a joint EU force would be more economical .
  