Conservative shadow cabinet minister Alicia Kearns has urged the prime minister to make the case that “we don’t need a European army”, ahead of Sir Keir Starmer’s visit to Paris for a European emergency summit on Ukraine. The shadow Home Office minister said: “We all have to focus on our commitments to Nato, not a distraction by creating a new force.” Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00He has to outline that now. As I said, since July he hasn't replenished the stocks that we've been
00:05giving to Ukraine. He hasn't prioritised defence spending, despite the fact that that is the number
00:09one priority of our country, is keeping our country safe as politicians. So it is important
00:14he does that. He has to recognise that some European countries have given so much and are
00:18doing so much. But I think also it's important that he makes the case today that we don't need
00:23a European army. I really worry that this is a vanity project of some bureaucrats in the EU.
00:29NATO is the cornerstone of our defence. It is a defensive alliance. It is what keeps us safe.
00:33We all have to focus on our commitments to NATO, not a distraction by creating a new force.