Senior French Admirals Say Brexit Would Stop ‘Dangerous’ EU Army Plans

Two senior French admirals have said that if Britain leaves the European Union it would stop Brussels forming a “dangerous” EU army. Vice Admiral Michel Debray and Rear Admiral Claude Gaucherand said a Brexit would put the “screeching breaks” on plans for an army made from the 28-member bloc. In a letter to the Telegraph the admirals condemning the union saying that Britain’s neighbors would continue to cooperate with the UK on “close and friendly terms” in the event of a Brexit because of Britain’s military and economic power. RT reports: The senior French military chiefs argued the ‘Remain’ campaign’s claims that Britain’s military would be weakened by a Brexit vote on June 23 make “no sense.” “Viewed rationally and dispassionately from Paris, the scaremongering that we have seen the British people subjected to makes no sense,” the letter says. “The UK will remain a major force after Brexit, a major military, security and economic power that its neighbors will want to cooperate with on close and friendly terms. “A Leave vote will apply screeching brakes to those pushing for the integration of the armed forces of the EU’s member states and the otherwise inevitable and dangerous development of a [...]