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Czech PM calls for joint EU army

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Czech PM Bohuslav Sobotka told a meeting of Czech diplomats in Prague Monday that the EU should develop its own military capability alongside Nato. “I’m convinced that we can’t do without a common European army in the long term ... I hope that the autumn European summit will bring concrete proposals and pledges", he said, the Bloomberg news agency reports.

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