The European Union needs its own army to face up to Russia and other threats as well as restore the bloc's foreign policy standing around the world, EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker told a German newspaper on March 8.
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European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker gives a press conference at the end of German chancellor's visit to the European Commission at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, on March 4.