“Now we have the prospect of ending the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (INF). If we from the French and German sides would offer to friends in Poland, Latvia and Ukraine too, just imagine, we could create missile defense for the EU together, ”RIA Novosti quotes him.
In his opinion, this project could become “the first step towards a real European defense alliance” and this could again “reunite Europe”.
In November, French President Emmanuel Macron declared how important it is for Europe to create a "pan-European army." This idea was supported by German Chancellor Angela Merkel.