Foreign and Commonwealth Office written question – answered at on 1 December 2015.
Lord Stoddart of Swindon
Independent Labour
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the Prime Minister's recent assertions at the CBI Annual Conference on 9 November that the UK's security is provided through membership of the EU, what assessment they have made of the impact of NATO membership on the UK's security and whether they will continue to oppose any proposals for an EU army or other EU armed forces.
Baroness Anelay of St Johns
Minister of State
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation is the cornerstone of our national security, and the ultimate guarantor of our defence. But the EU can play a useful complementary role, for example in missions in the Western Balkans and off the coast of Somalia. We always have, and always will, resist any proposal for an EU army.
Yes1 person thinks so
No1 person thinks not
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