The European Parliament (EP) approved a multi-party resolution on 21 January calling on the 28 member states to create a European Union (EU) defence structure. Europe's pressing security threats, combined with France's decision to invoke the Lisbon Treaty's mutual defence clause (Article 42.7) after the 13 November 2015 terrorist attacks on Paris, are the grounds for creating "a strong and sustainable European Defence Union", the resolution states. [...]