After its mission overseeing elections in Congo, EU troops are well on their way to being able to work as a common EU army, according to their French general.
"I am very satisfied because I believe that we have a very well-functioning unit," said general Christian Damay on Thursday in Kinshasa, according to Reuters.
"Now we really have the beginning of a European army."
Discussions about creating a European army are not new, with Polish President Lech Kaczynski recently sugg...
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