Posted on 04/13/2025 3:33:40 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Europe is once again talking about forming its own defense alliance. The idea of a European army—discussed on and off since the early days of the Cold War—was revived in February by Volodymyr Zelensky. The Ukrainian president claims that Donald Trump’s retraction of military support for Ukraine and ambivalence towards the EU shows that the bloc urgently needs its own military unit. Zelensky has reignited a debate that has failed to generate consensus within Europe, despite its long history.
Spain’s Socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, is the latest EU leader to echo Zelensky—and according to a YouGov poll conducted in 2022, 64% of Spaniards are on his side. On March 28, he announced that Europe needs its own defense force to combat “old imperialist impulses in Russia,” especially in light of reduced support from the US. He called for a military force “with troops from all 27 member countries, working under a single flag with the same objectives.” Sánchez also wants greater economic integration within the bloc, and recently proposed a debt mutualization scheme—which has caused division along similar lines as the idea of a 27-nation army.
Despite Sánchez’s crusading rhetoric, one suspects there’s a self-interested motivation behind his call for an EU army. He is under intense pressure from both the EU and US to increase Spain’s defense spending; but anti-military sentiment in the country is strong, and he governs in partnership with Sumar, a leftist alliance that opposes increased investment in arms and troops. By claiming that EU defense is a collective, rather than national, responsibility, Sánchez no doubt hopes to deflect attention from his own difficulties.
The EU does collaborate on defense to some extent. At any one time, at least one multinational Battle Group, consisting of 1,500...
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the Globalists talk of their own army
More like a cluster Fu$k!
Won’t happen.
As long as EU members pay for it with no American tax payer dollars involved.
It will never happen. To many longtime rivalries.NATO only exists because of American pressure.
Zelensky thinks he is the leader of all of Europe.
The EU is much like the U.S. under the Articles of Confederation. It has a central government, but it is not sovereign. The member states are. Compliance with EU central directives is largely achieved through threats to withhold funding to reluctant states. The idea of a European army has been around a while. One of the sticking points is who would control it, since it could impede on the independence of the member states. Trump is provoking them into addressing the issue, which could lead to Europe becoming more assertive of its own interests, and deferring less to the U.S. on international policy.
Yeah. Enlist all your muzzies so they can overthrow your governments, behead your leaders and install the caliphate. Because that’s what’s gonna happen. You effete pricks won’t be in charge, the savages will be.
I think it’ll happen. I think they are about to take their government theft gig, on the rob and start extracting money from anyone under their control or just passing through. I think things in Europe are much more serious than you’re giving it credit for.
This should be entertaining once they figure out only those from North Africa are willing to fight.
Who will realistically be the next 6 nations or so to acquire the nuclear bomb?
Japan? Poland?, Turkey?, Saudi Arabia?, South Korea?, Phillipines?
European Followers did Nazi that coming!
Ho ho ho. Lot's of luck with that, EU. The mouse that roared.
NATO works because everyone knows that the Americans are the ones in charge.
What language will the "EU Army" agree on? What happens when the goals and objectives of two member nations are at odds with one another?
Controlled by bureaucrats that are elected by corrupt politicians...not the people. What could go wrong?
Worse than the CCP, at least there’s no pretense of ‘democracy’. The EU will fight ‘in the name of democracy’ - barf.
All talk.
Will be no action.
Sounds like a great idea but I don’t know if the countries will be able to agree on anything
This was proposed before and the EU found out they don’t have the men. So someone proposed they use non EU men....lol
They dropped that idea quickly.
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