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| Are You Ready For... The EU Army? |
| 2017-12-15 |
| No, this is not a parody... EU leaders formerly endorsed the harmless sounding Permanent Structured Cooperation, or PESCO, pact on Thursday evening in Brussels. After the shock of Brexit, the goal of defence integration was revived by former military foes, Germany and France, supported by Italy and Spain, in a show of EU unity. A similar proposal was blocked by the French parliament in the 1950s (see below). Now a treaty has been signed which sees the defence union complete by 2025 in what has been described as "one of the most tangible steps in EU integration since Brexit". |
| Posted by:Raj |
| #9 Maybe it will go nowhere, but there will be plenty of graft. |
| Posted by: gorb 2017-12-15 22:50 |
| #8 Good, leave a MAG team in Brussels, bring everyone else home. |
| Posted by: P2kontheroad 2017-12-15 21:35 |
| #7 ...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA NO. The EU no longer has the willpower to do this, nor will they spend the money for the state-of-the-art weaponry and gear they will need. And it's REALLY unlikely they'll buy enough transports to go anywhere. This is, to use the current phrase, a nothingburger. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2017-12-15 21:17 |
| #6 Moonwalking - Macron/French influence |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-12-15 20:55 |
| #5 Will there be goose-stepping? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2017-12-15 20:09 |
| #4 Germany provides troop training, France runs the mechanized units and meal service, the Spanish in charge of scheduling and logistics, all while organized by the Italians...while answering to Brussels...or Strasbourg, depending on the month. |
| Posted by: Capsu78 2017-12-15 19:38 |
| #3 Rantburg called it back before the vote, 'If Brexit succeeds, watch the EU form an army'. Need that Poland/Czech/Slovakia/Hungary pact to get going because, and I'm not sure I need my foil chapeau here or not, EU troops seizing major airports to make sure these countries take their properly dictated quota off rapefugees. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2017-12-15 17:27 |
| #2 Maybe they can resurrect the Maginot Line with all those Euros? |
| Posted by: Raj 2017-12-15 17:11 |
| #1 It will consist of 30 generals and 2 privates and cost 40 Billion Euros. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2017-12-15 16:53 |