The EU's highest military body is looking into strengthening the bloc's mutual defence clause with a view of boosting interoperability and military mobility among European armed forces as the US increasingly looks to the Asia-Pacific.
Austrian General Robert Brieger stressed on Thursday following a gathering of the European Union Military Committee, which he chairs, that the EU needs a "clear holistic approach" when it comes to defence and that Chiefs of Defence taking part in the meeting had issued "recommendations for the operationalisation of Article 42.7".
