Tue, 10 Mar, 2015 03:21:00 AM FTimes-STT Report, Mar 10  Prime Minister Alexander Stubb. File Photo Lehtikuva. Prime Minister Alexander Stubb has termed the idea of a common European Union army as not realistic.
However, the premier on his part supports the defence cooperation in the European Union.
"Finland through its stint as a member of the EU has supported the strengthening of the EU's foreign and security policy, and also the crisis in Ukraine has shown its need," Stubb told news agency STT.
Stubb pointed out that the idea proposed by European Commission president Jean-Claude is not similar to the kind of thoughts which have been suggested in the past.
"I have sympathy towards this kind of ideas, but so far, they have not received widespread support among the EU member states.
One of the reasons is that 22 out of the 28 countries which form the EU are members of the military alliance NATO.
According to Stubb, it is clear that NATO will continue to be the core of the EU defence, which has also been observed in the Treaty of Lisbon.
Meanwhile, President Sauli Niinistö on Sunday strongly supported European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker’s idea of developing a European Union army.
Talking to News Agency STT, Niinistö said that it would be good for Finland to support the idea given by the European Commission president describing the proposal as very interesting.
Jean-Claude Juncker has called for the creation of an EU army, reported News Agency Xinhua quoting a report of German Newspaper Die Welt published on Sunday.
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