Lord Charles Guthrie, told the Saturday edition of the Daily Telegraph that he has switched his allegiance from remain to Brexit in next week's EU referendum.
Less than four months ago, Guthrie was one of the senior retired military leaders signing a letter backing Britain remaining as a member of the EU.
Guthrie said he has changed his mind due to his anxiety about a growing EU role in defense.
"I think a European Army could damage NATO. It is expensive. It's unnecessary duplication to have it. It would appeal to some euro vanity thing,"he said.
He concluded, "There's a feeling that those backing the European Army are doing it for political reasons rather than military ones. That is dangerous. It would be a signal disaster to have a European Army as rivals to NATO. I am concerned that the Army which I was in for 45 years could become very damaged and therefore less useful to our country."
[Xinhua -globaltimes.cn]
19/6/16
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Paris: France would see Britain's exit from the European Union as "irreversible" if the Leave camp wins Thursday's referendum, President Francois Hollande said...
ReplyDelete"It is the future of the European Union... That is at stake," Hollande said on Wednesday, warning that a Brexit would put Britain at "very serious risk" of losing access to the bloc's single market.
Hollande was speaking at a joint news conference with Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico, whose country will take over the EU's rotating presidency on July 1.
"It's more than the future of the United Kingdom that is at stake, it's the future of the European Union," Hollande said.
A Brexit would "necessarily have extremely serious consequences," he added.....AFP
22/6/16