In an interview with Sputnik, French MP Yves Pozzo di Borgo praised the idea of creating a so-called Defense Schengen which he said would play a significant role in ensuring European security. The interview came after the French daily Le Monde published an article by the Italian Defense and Foreign Affairs Ministers, Roberta Pinotti and Paolo Gentiloni, who called for launching a new project – "a kind of a Defense Union", or a "Defense Schengen." Di Borgio recalled that in June, the French parliament approved the resolution on European defense which was then submitted to the European Council and NATO.[...]