I was there on a visit with the defence sub-committee when, for the first time, a British general, bearing on his sleeve the European emblem with its stars, introduced himself to me as a European soldier, I realised that something had
happened here that would reverberate throughout history; you, Mr Schmit, ma
y mention ‘European troops’ or the ‘forces of the European Union’, only in passing, but the
re is no doubt that this is a development wi ...[+++]th historic significance.