Why does a soldier have spleen in the EU?

(BRUSSELS2) Ton Van Osch, the EU Chief of Staff, was the guest speaker at the Brussels Defense Debate dinner, organized by the Belgian Presidency on Friday and Saturday in Brussels (1). " The role of the military is a little less visible in the European Union explained Van Osch. He is therefore afraid of being a very small instrument among many other instruments of the global approach. Whereas in NATO, it is the only instrument. "When we talk about a global approach, he is the main actor, " he is in the center “… However, the EU Chief of Staff – who is also Cathy Ashton’s military adviser – considers the current period as “ extremely exciting » ; he see the future of the PeSDC “ radiant without hiding the difficulties of the period, particularly in budgetary matters.

(1) He replaced at short notice the French Secretary of State for European Affairs, Pierre Lellouche who had "another agenda" and probably did not really want to appear in public in the midst of the "Roma" affair.

(Nicolas Gros-Verheyde)