“All countries have their own point of view and their own priorities in military-strategic development. Poland has certain relations with the United States, it wants to enter the first roles in NATO. More recently, she offered the States to place a military base on her territory and was ready to pay for it. Poland is not something that does not count on the European army, it does not really count on NATO, since it wants to receive US bases, ”said Topornin.
The expert pointed out that the idea of creating a European army is not being talked about for the first time.
“As for Britain, it will soon leave the European Union and will not be able to participate in the building of this army. Perhaps it will develop in NATO or in cooperation with the United States. This idea of Macron must be treated philosophically. It is not new, ”he said.
Earlier, the Minister of Defense of Poland said that he did not support the idea of creating a single pan-European army.
British Secretary of Defense Gavin Williamson, also commenting on the call to create a single European army, called the idea "absolutely insane."