Italian Premier Matteo Renzi is
leading a push for greater integration of EU security and
defence policy to ward off terror attacks such as those in
Brussels which left at least 32 dead and 130 wounded, the
Financial Times said Thursday.
Renzi "has positioned himself as a leading proponent of
those calling for more integration as the solution. A common
defence and security policy was now necessary for the EU, he
said, speaking after the attacks on Tuesday," the FT said.
But it said "Mr Renzi's proposals are unlikely to go far;
Britain, in particular, is staunchly opposed to a common EU
defence policy, but many of his counterparts in Europe echo his
frustration, and the need for the EU as an organisation to show
political will on security," it said.
The article, entitled latest Attacks Revive Push For
Collective Response On Security, ended by quoting an anonymous
top former British counterterror official as saying that the
fundamental problem in Europe "is the way in which intelligence
work has often failed to translate into good policing".
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