(MENAFN) On Friday, Sep. 17 Italy’s foreign minister stated that the US pullout from Afghanistan and the AUKUS deal for the supply of nuke submarines to Australia "demonstrate the urgency of launching a real EU defense."
Luigi Di Maio said to La Repubblica in an interview: "it would be a very important and necessary step ... none of us can think of competing as a single country."
He anticipated that the 27-member bloc would reach an agreement on the matter, which might have foreign policy suggestions.
The minister noted: “the debate has just resumed, but we have encouraging signs ... we want to be able to take decisions by majority vote ... This is a historic and urgent turning point."
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