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Germans aim to grab British Nukes for EU Army
THESUN ^ | 10/24/03 | GEORGE PASCOE-WATSON

Posted on 10/23/2003 7:36:13 PM PDT by Pikamax

RELATED STORIES • Sun Says

By GEORGE PASCOE-WATSON Deputy Political Editor

GERMAN defence chiefs want Europe to seize control of Britain’s nuclear weapons under breathtaking EU army plans.

The Sun can reveal the UK would be forced to share its arsenal with the Germans — who are banned from possessing their own nukes.

Documents circulating in Germany’s defence ministry will send a chill through the Pentagon as they expose how EU states want the new Euro army to rival Nato.

An eight-page dossier passed to The Sun states: “Another difficult and delicate area will have to be addressed. That is the transfer of national nuclear weapon capabilities of certain EU countries. They should also be integrated within the European defence system. This needs extensive consultation and the assistance of the non-nuclear states to decide what to do with those weapons.”

Last night shadow defence secretary Bernard Jenkin stormed: “Only British Prime Ministers should have their finger on the nuclear button.

“This paper proves what Tony Blair cannot admit — that people in Europe DO want an EU army which will threaten Nato.”

Germany renounced nukes after World War II — although it has accepted US missiles on its soil.

The devastating document calls for an entirely NEW EU defence department. MEPs would be HANDED the power to send UK troops into battle.

A new EU navy AND an elite commando unit are demanded. Meanwhile Britain and France risk losing their independent voice on the UN Security Council to a Brussels official.

An EU army staff COLLEGE to rival Nato’s would be built — in Germany. Britain’s defence firms would also be FORCED into working with EU rivals.

The report states: “To ensure its own military and political influence in Nato the EU has to duplicate military capabilities so it can act independently of the United States.”

It adds: “A European army legitimised and financed by the European Parliament is the visionary goal of German policy.”

US defence chiefs are so worried about the Euro army they demanded urgent talks in Brussels. US military chiefs have already warned it will wreck the Nato alliance.

BRITISH firms merging with companies on the Continent are set to be hit with German-style labour laws under EU guidelines. They hand unions more power and have been blamed for dumping thousands of workers on the dole.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: eu; euarmy; eussr; germany; nukes; uk
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1 posted on 10/23/2003 7:36:13 PM PDT by Pikamax
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To: Pikamax
Cool,......"they could always, 'Bury Them',....!"

/sarcasm

2 posted on 10/23/2003 7:40:12 PM PDT by maestro
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To: Pikamax
It's from The Sun. Whatever.
3 posted on 10/23/2003 7:43:11 PM PDT by Torie
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To: Pikamax
Yes, it's true, Europeans are not yet ready for self-government.

They are best left to their little, independent countries.

4 posted on 10/23/2003 7:43:21 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: Pikamax
What they want is to be more powerful than the USA, pure and simple!!
5 posted on 10/23/2003 7:43:31 PM PDT by potlatch (1 cross + 3 nails = 4 given)
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To: maestro
Cool,......"they could always, 'Bury Them',....!"

,,, they had a shot at that in the Australian desert in the 1950s. They stayed down for a short time and then went bang.

6 posted on 10/23/2003 7:46:48 PM PDT by shaggy eel
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To: Pikamax
Third Way = Fourth Reich
7 posted on 10/23/2003 7:47:36 PM PDT by joesnuffy (Moderate Islam Is For Dilettantes)
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To: potlatch
You don't really think Continental Europe will ever spend the kind of money to make its military even remotely equivalent to the US, or indeed, anything more than something with capabilities only ancillary to what would be a primarily American mission, about anything of any import to the balance of power? No, I didn't think so. And just WHAT would the EU do with nukes even if it had them? This is ALL so hilarious.
8 posted on 10/23/2003 7:48:12 PM PDT by Torie
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To: potlatch
That won't happen. What the EU has forgotten is that someone has to PAY for developing that military.
9 posted on 10/23/2003 7:49:20 PM PDT by McGavin999
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To: McGavin999
Which is why team France is really about trying to leash the US juggernaut through international organizations. The French are NOT dumb - certainly not as dumb as this hyperventalating Sun screed, which it wrote for its red meat masses.
10 posted on 10/23/2003 7:51:44 PM PDT by Torie
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To: shaggy eel
Right!

(From the Earth to the Moon stuff.)

LOL

11 posted on 10/23/2003 7:52:29 PM PDT by maestro
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To: maestro
,,, they attempted a space programme at Woomera, but I was referring to their post WWII atomic testing series.
12 posted on 10/23/2003 7:54:53 PM PDT by shaggy eel
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To: shaggy eel
VaRoooooomera.......

:-)

Uh,......WWII,.....'Brits' would NOT allow success?

13 posted on 10/23/2003 7:58:53 PM PDT by maestro
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To: maestro
,,, I think they realised their bombs worked and closed the programme down. Many British, Australian, New Zealand and Fijian soldiers suffered cancer and subsequent deaths from the effects of radiation doses in those tests. Successive British governments have always managed to deflect resulting claims quite skillfully.
14 posted on 10/23/2003 8:06:11 PM PDT by shaggy eel
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To: Torie
The one thing this article said that DID make sense is that both Britain and france will have to give up their seat on the security council and be replaced by an EU representative.
15 posted on 10/23/2003 8:11:29 PM PDT by McGavin999
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To: McGavin999
That actually does indeed make sense.
16 posted on 10/23/2003 8:12:02 PM PDT by Torie
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To: Torie
Uh...yeah. Visions of spike-helmeted Huns goose-stepping through London with a MIRV in tow are perhaps a bit overblown. You gotta love the Sun...
17 posted on 10/23/2003 8:16:15 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Torie
And just WHAT would the EU do with nukes even if it had them?

"Forget about seceding from the EU or we'll evaporate your biggest city."

18 posted on 10/23/2003 8:22:42 PM PDT by Poohbah ("Would you mind not shooting at the thermonuclear weapons?" -- Major Vic Deakins, USAF)
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To: Poohbah
Well France can fulfill that role as it stands. Dresden redux. :)
19 posted on 10/23/2003 8:24:24 PM PDT by Torie
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To: Pikamax
EUSSR

euro-peons

jihad appeasers, a threat to America

20 posted on 10/23/2003 8:44:17 PM PDT by GeronL (Please visit www.geocities.com/geronl)
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