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Europe
The EU readies itself for war with Putin
2016-11-23
  • European Parliament voted today on plans for closer military co-operation

  • Britain WOULD be able to opt out of the project and not pay towards it

  • MEP behind report says Donald Trump 'absolutely right' on Nato funding

  • Urmas Paet says Putin's aggression plays up to 'Soviet nostalgia' in Russia

  • Estonian who authored report says it is NOT setting up a parallel EU army

  • There is a separate plan for a £420million defence research programme
    • Posted by:Blossom Unains5562

    #6  BP,

    I have been joking with my friend, "Watch, if Britain leaves, suddenly the EU will be able to mobilize a pan-national military...but not for the Ukraine."

    me, June 24

    But isn't that what that EU Quick Reaction Police Force was going to be?
    Posted by: swksvolFF   2016-11-23 19:14  

    #5  Some think this will be an internal force in order to harass those nations and regions prevented from leaving the EUSSR.
    Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2016-11-23 18:12  

    #4  Closer cooperation does not necessarily mean they are readying for war. It could mean they are reducing redundancies to further lessen the cost and it could mean they are looking for bribes in order to relegate different expenditures to different member states.
    Posted by: rjschwarz   2016-11-23 11:33  

    #3  Nato's raison detre .... Keep Russia out, America in and Germany down.

    So what now?
    Posted by: AlanC   2016-11-23 07:30  

    #2  We've gotta protect our phoney baloney jobs, gentlemen!

    The only NATO defense plan for over 60 years - expect the Americans to immolate themselves in the defense of our homelands. Now lets go play!
    Posted by: Procopius2k   2016-11-23 07:19  

    #1  
    Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2016-11-23 03:06  

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