EU security policy ‘must be backed-up by military power’

AN EU security policy must be backed-up by military power to be credible, Foreign Affairs Minister Brian Cowen said yesterday after the EU leaders discussed the issue at their summit in Greece.

A 16-page document produced by the EU’s foreign policy chief Javier Solana set out a broad outline of a common security policy that was

welcomed by the Taoiseach and the other EU heads of government at the three day meeting.