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	date	09/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	EU Defence Policy
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the statement by the President of the European Commission Mr Jean-Claude Juncker that the European Union should have its own army; whether the statement was approved by the European Council; and whether they will renew their opposition to such a policy.
	tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	uin	HL5530
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>Mr Juncker's statement was not approved by the EU Member States. The UK remains firmly opposed to centralised EU command or control over military forces, which remains a Member State competence, and has successfully kept the EU focused on strengthening its co-operation with NATO which holds primacy in defence matters.</p><p> </p><p>The Prime Minister made this clear at the December 2013 European Council where strengthened EU-NATO partnership was agreed to be one of the key deliverables. It will be raised again as a fundamental agenda item at the June 2015 European Council where EU Member States will look for ways to further enhance collaboration between the two institutions.</p><p> </p><p>The Government's views on this matter have been consistent and transparent and any attempt to form an 'EU army' would be blocked by the UK. We will continue to emphasise our views to partners and will remain vigilant on the issue.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 19/03/2015 15:59:27 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
	tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

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	registered interest
	date	12/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	EU Defence Policy
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their response to European Commission President Juncker's call for the formation of a European Union army.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rogan
	uin	HL5681
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>Mr Juncker's statement was not approved by the EU Member States. The UK remains firmly opposed to centralised EU command or control over military forces, which remains a Member State competence, and has successfully kept the EU focused on strengthening its co-operation with NATO which holds primacy in defence matters.</p><p>The Prime Minister made this clear at the December 2013 European Council where strengthened EU-NATO partnership was agreed to be one of the key deliverables. It will be raised again as a fundamental agenda item at the June 2015 European Council where EU Member States will look for ways to further enhance collaboration between the two institutions.</p><p>The Government ' s views on this matter have been consistent and transparent and any attempt to form an 'EU army' would be blocked by the UK. We will continue to emphasise our views to partners and will remain vigilant on the issue.</p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 19/03/2015 15:58:50 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
	tabling member	2478 label Biography information for Lord Rogan