Italy is in favor of the proposal by European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen to create a Commissioner for Defence, Foreign Minister and Deputy Premier Antonio Tajani said on Saturday.
“I have listened to Von der Leyen's statements on the desire to create a European Defense Commissioner. It is a proposal that I absolutely support,” Tajani said during a press conference at the Munich Security Conference.
"Without a European defense we cannot be equal players in NATO and we cannot have effective foreign policy action," he added.
Earlier Von der Leyen told the conference that if she is reappointed to the post after European parliamentary elections in June she will establish an EU Commissioner 'for Defence'.
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