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EUObserver said:German foreign minister Guido Westerwelle has said Berlin supports the long term goal of creating a European army, which will bolster the EU's role as a global player.
Guido Westerwelle said:he EU's new institutional rules, the Lisbon Treaty, are "not the end but, rather, the beginning for common security and defence policy.
The long term goal is the establishment of a European army under full parliamentary control," he said, noting that the German government "wants to advance along this path.
This is not intended to replace other security structures. More Europe is not a strategy directed against anyone. No one has any reason to fear Europe, but everyone should be able to depend on Europe.
So what do Americans thnk about this, how about Europeans, and how about others?
This is a work in progress since the Maastricht treaty. But I mean, "under full parliament control"
Germany has the biggest say in the parliament.